asunder

形容词 asunder:

1. widely separated especially in space

副词 asunder:

1. into parts or pieces
   同义词：apart

1. Law and equity are things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder.
   法律与平等，是上帝给结合在一起的东西，人却把它们拆开来了。
2. Law and equity are things which god hatch joined, but which man has put asunder.
   法律与平等，是上帝给结合在一起的东西，人却把它们拆开了。
3. The missile had blown the battleship asunder.
   炮弹把战舰炸碎了。
4. Parents and children were driven asunder by the war.
   父母和子女因战争而分离。

a.sun.der

adv.（副词）
Into separate parts or pieces:
成数部分，成数片：分成部分或数片地：
例句：
broken asunder.
碎片

Apart from each other either in position or in direction:
相互隔开地：在位置或方向上相互隔开地：
例句：
The curtains had been drawn asunder.
窗帘被拉向两边

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English on sundran
源自 古英语 on sundran
on [on] * see on
on [在…之上] *参见 on
sundran [separately] from sunder [apart]
sundran [分开地] 源自 sunder [隔开，分开]

【引伸】
asun.der
adj.（形容词）