separate
- v.分离;(使)分开;隔开;分割;区分;分居;划分;(使)分散;阻隔
- adj.单独的;分开的;独立的;不同的;不相关的
- n.单行本;可以不配套单独穿的妇女服装;(杂志论文的)抽印本
派生词： separateness n. 过去式： separated 现在分词： separating 过去分词： separated 第三人称单数： separates
se- 分开 + par 平等,相等 + -ate 做, 造成
separateadj.
单独的；独立的；分开的
forming a unit by itself; not joined to sth else
separate bedrooms
独立卧室
Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
生肉和熟肉必须分开存放。
The school is housed in two separate buildings.
学校设在两栋独立的楼房内。
不同的；不相关的
different; not connected
It happened on three separate occasions.
这事在三个不同的场合发生过。
For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
三年来，他们完全是各过各的生活。
Japan's long-standing sense of separateness and uniqueness
日本那种由来已久的自成一体、孑然独立的意识
in a separate envelope
现另函寄上所要资料。
The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover.
verb
（使）分开，分离；分割；划分
to divide into different parts or groups; to divide things into different parts or groups
Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate.
不停地搅动沙司，免得出现分层。
It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.
信仰和感情是分不开的。
Separate the eggs (= separate the yolk from the white) .
把蛋黄和蛋清分开。
Make a list of points and separate them into ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’.
列出各点，把它们分成“可取的”和“绝对必要的”两类。
（使）分离，分散
to move apart; to make people or things move apart
We separated into several different search parties.
我们分成几个搜索小组。
South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
2亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。
South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
南美洲和非洲于2亿年前分离。
Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.
警察力图把两个打架的人分开。
The war separated many families.
这场战争使许多家庭离散。
Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.
传染病患者同其他病人隔离开来。
隔开；阻隔
to be between two people, areas, countries, etc. so that they are not touching or connected
A thousand kilometres separates the two cities.
两座城市相隔一千公里。
A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.
我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。
分居
to stop living together as a couple with your husband, wife or partner
He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.
他和妻子在结婚20年后分居了。
They separated last year.
他们于去年分居了。
区分；区别
to make sb/sth different in some way from sb/sth else
Politics is the only thing that separates us (= that we disagree about) .
我们之间唯一的分歧是政治观点。
The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants (= they gave them equal scores) .
裁判无法把两位参赛者分出高下。
Only four points separate the top three teams.
领先的三队只相差四分。
to distinguish people who are good at sth, intelligent, etc. from those who are not
to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value
使某物分开；划分
to divide into different parts; to divide sth into different parts
to separate out different meanings
区分出不同的意思
separate
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ADJ 分开的;单独的;独立的
If one thing is separate from another, there is a barrier, space, or division between them, so that they are clearly two things.Each villa has a separate sitting-room...
每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
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...establishing Australia's cultural separateness from Britain.
确立澳大利亚相对于英国的文化独立性
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ADJ 不同的;各别的
If you refer to separate things, you mean several different things, rather than just one thing.Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads...
切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和拌色拉的青菜时要使用不同的切菜板。
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V-RECIP-ERG (使)分开;(使)分离;分割;划分
If you separate people or things that are together, or if they separate, they move apart.Police moved in to separate the two groups...
警方介入进来，将两拨人分开。
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V-RECIP-ERG (使)分离;(使)分裂;(使)分开
If you separate people or things that have been connected, or if one separates from another, the connection between them is ended.They want to separate teaching from research...
他们想把教学和研究分开。
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V-RECIP 分居
If a couple who are married or living together separate, they decide to live apart.Her parents separated when she was very young...
她很小的时候父母就分居了。
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VERB 隔开;阻隔;使分开
An object, obstacle, distance, or period of time which separates two people, groups, or things exists between them....the white-railed fence that separated the yard from the paddock...
将院子和小围场隔开的白色围栏
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VERB 分辨;区分;区别
If you separate one idea or fact from another, you clearly see or show the difference between them.It is difficult to separate legend from truth...
很难将传说和事实区别开来。
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VERB 使得以区分;使获得区别
A quality or factor that separates one thing from another is the reason why the two things are different from each other.The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting...
区分普通照片和出色照片的一个至关重要的因素就是光线。
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VERB (两个参赛队或竞争者比分)相隔，相差
If a particular number of points separate two teams or competitors, one of them is winning or has won by that number of points.In the end only three points separated the two teams.
最终两队只相差 3 分。
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V-ERG 分割;划分;拆散
If you separate a group of people or things into smaller elements, or if a group separates, it is divided into smaller elements.The police wanted to separate them into smaller groups...
警察想把他们拆散成几小股。
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N-PLURAL (非覆盖全身的)单件衣服
Separates are clothes such as skirts, trousers, and shirts which cover just the top half or the bottom half of your body. -
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PHRASE 分道扬镳;分手;分路而行
When two or more people who have been together for some time go their separate ways, they go to different places or end their relationship.Sue and her husband decided to go their separate ways.
苏和丈夫决定离婚。
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注意该词的拼写。
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noun
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- a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
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- a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- Synonym: offprint reprint
verb
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- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- The road forks
- Synonym: branch ramify fork furcate
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- become separated into pieces or fragments
- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
- Synonym: break split up fall apart come apart
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- mark as different
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
- Synonym: distinguish differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell apart
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- arrange or order by classes or categories
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- Synonym: classify class sort assort sort out
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- divide into components or constituents
- Separate the wheat from the chaff
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- force, take, or pull apart
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
- Synonym: disunite divide part
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- come apart
- The two pieces that we had glued separated
- Synonym: divide part
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- go one's own way;move apart
- The friends separated after the party
- Synonym: part split
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- make a division or separation
- Synonym: divide
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- discontinue an association or relation;go different ways
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
- Synonym: part split up split break break up
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- separate into parts or portions
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- Synonym: divide split split up dissever carve up
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- treat differently on the basis of sex or race
- Synonym: discriminate single out
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- act as a barrier between;stand between
- The mountain range divides the two countries
- Synonym: divide
adj
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- standing apart;not attached to or supported by anything
- a freestanding bell tower
- a house with a separate garage
- Synonym: freestanding
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- have the connection undone;having become separate
- Synonym: disjoined
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- separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
- separate but equal
- girls and boys in separate classes
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- independent;not united or joint
- a problem consisting of two separate issues
- they went their separate ways
- formed a separate church
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The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial .
能从其他废料中分离出可重复利用成分是很关键的。
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Far from being separate , the mind and body form an indivisible whole .
心智与身体绝不是分离的，它们形成了一个不可分割的整体。
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It is essential to keep the two groups separate .
将这两组隔开是完全必要的。
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A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field .
我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。
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Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting .
警察力图把两个打架的人分开。
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He 's been separated from his wife for a year .
他和妻子分居一年了。
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Only four points separate the top three teams .
领先的三队只相差四分。
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He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage .
他和妻子在结婚20年后分居了。
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For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives .
三年来，他们完全是各过各的生活。
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They have been seen together on two separate occasions .
他们有两次被人看见在一起。
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South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago .
南美洲和非洲于2亿年前分离。
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South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago .
2亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。
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We separated into several different search parties .
我们分成几个搜索小组。
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The transportation operation will be spun off into a separate company .
运输部门将脱离出来组建为一家独立公司。
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The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water .
岛屿之间一衣带水。
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Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients .
传染病患者同其他病人隔离开来。
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The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants .
裁判无法把两位参赛者分出高下。
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The school is housed in two separate buildings .
学校设在两栋独立的楼房内。
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You will need to create separate fields for first name , surname and address .
名、姓和地址要各自编成单独的字段。
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They separated last year .
他们于去年分居了。
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The war separated many families .
这场战争使许多家庭离散。
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Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority .
许多原本分散的团体现在正在单一的权威领导下运作。
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The information you requested is being forwarded to you under separate cover .
现另函寄上所要资料。
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It happened on three separate occasions .
这事在三个不同的场合发生过。
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Make a list of points and separate them into ' desirable ' and ' essential ' .
列出各点，把它们分成“可取的”和“绝对必要的”两类。
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He had become separated from his parents in the ensuing panic .
在随后的慌乱中他便与父母分散了。
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Rubbish can easily be separated and sorted into plastics , glass and paper .
垃圾很容易分开并归入塑料、玻璃和纸三类。
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The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a separate entity .
这个单位已附属于一个大的部门，不再作为一个实体独立存在。
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Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate .
不停地搅动沙司，免得出现分层。
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A bead curtain separated the two rooms .
一挂珠帘子把两个房间分开。
指将混合物按不同类别分开，也指把紧连在一起或溶合在一起的东西分开。
Please separate the marked examination papers into passes and fails.
请将批阅完的考卷按及格和不及格分开。
The two communities are separated by a narrow street.
这两个社区被一条狭窄的街道隔开。
She separated the whites and yolks of 4 eggs.
她把4个鸡蛋的蛋清和蛋黄分开。
指把两个区域分隔开，或将一个整体分为若干部分，有时含平均划分之意。
The river divides my orchard from his.
这条河把我的果园和他的果园隔开了。
This cake is divided into four equal parts.
这个苹果被分成了4等份。
The teacher divided the class into five groups.
老师把全班分成5个小组。
指区别看待问题、观点等，也指使人或物处于孤立、隔离的状态。
It is wrong to isolate moral responsibility from political responsibility.
把道德责任和政治责任分隔开来是错误的。
The village was isolated by the flood.
这个村子因洪水而与外界隔绝。
People with contagious diseases should be isolated.
传染病患者应予以隔离。
The radical group in the ruling party insisted upon isolating the country politically.
执政党内的激进派坚持主张从政治上孤立该国。
多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，指父母和子女分开时多用被动语态。
She parts her hair in the middle.
她从中间把头发分开。
The crowd parted to let the police car through.
人群分开让警车通过。
She hated being parted from the children.
她不愿和孩子们分离。
She has parted from her husband.
她和丈夫已经分居了。
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