0 to break or separate, especially by cutting -- 弄断;分开;(尤指)切断,割断
The knife severed an artery and he bled to death. 刀子割断了动脉,他流血过多而死。
Her foot was severed from her leg in a car accident. 在一次车祸中,她的脚与腿断开了。
The US severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961. 美国于1961年断绝了与古巴的外交关系。
The company has severed its connection/links/relationship/ties with its previous partners. 公司断绝了与前合作伙伴之间的联系/关系。
Moreover, social trends and changes in the organization of professional football have gone some way to severing these sorts of links between football clubs and their localities.
My noble friend spoke in a moving passage of the severing of political friendships.
Government here are deliberately severing what might be a very useful link.
Will the border arrangements be eased, or will the borders lead to a real and tangible division by separating ethnic groups and severing existing relations?
The first step consists of severing the link between economic growth and the intense use of resources and unwanted effects such as pollution.
We believe that the planned text was sufficiently clear to avoid severing links.
Often she severs her business connections and takes on a new kind of life.
I take it that he means that membership on these terms, in his view, would mean the equivalent of the severing of an artery.