separate

1. ADJ If one thing is separate from another, there is a barrier, space, or division between them, so that they are clearly two things. 分開的; 單獨的

They are now making plans to form their own separate party. 他們現在正制訂計劃單獨組建自己的政黨。

Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones. 銀行的商業賬戶同個人賬戶是分開存放的。

2. ADJ If you refer to separate things, you mean several different things, rather than just one thing. 分開的; 不同的

Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads. 用不同的砧板切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和沙拉。

Men and women have separate exercise rooms. 男士和女士有分開的健身房。

3. V-RECIP If you separate people or things that are together, or if they separate, they move apart. 分開

Police moved in to separate the two groups. 警察插進來分開了那兩群人。

The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt. 淘洗磐被耑在兩手中鏇轉，以便將金粒從泥沙中分離出來。

The front end of the car separated from the rest of the vehicle. 車的前耑同車子的其他部分分開了。

4. V-RECIP If you separate people or things that have been connected, or if one separates from another, the connection between them is ended. 使分離; 脫離

They want to separate teaching from research. 他們要把教學與研究分離開來。

It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country. 我們很有可能會看到一場運動將該國一分爲二。

5. V-RECIP If a couple who are married or living together separate, they decide to live apart. 分居

Her parents separated when she was very young. 在她很小的時候，父母就分居了。

6. V-T An object, obstacle, distance, or period of time which separates two people, groups, or things exists between them. 分隔

...the white-railed fence that separated the garden from the paddock. …把院子和圍場分隔開來的白色圍欄。

They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods. 他們無疑在那兩個時期之間的6年裡取得了進步。

7. V-T If you separate one idea or fact from another, you clearly see or show the difference between them. 分辨; 區分

It is difficult to separate legend from truth. 傳說與事實很難分辨。

...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses. …學習如何分辨真實的與想像的疾病。

8. PHRASAL VERB Separate out means the same as . 分辨; 區分

How can one ever separate out the act from the attitudes that surround it?

如何才能將行動同圍繞著它的種種看法區分開來呢？

9. V-T A quality or factor that separates one thing from another is the reason why the two things are different from each other. 使不同

The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting. 區分一般照片和好照片的惟一重要因素是光線傚果。

10. V-T If a particular number of points separate two teams or competitors, one of them is winning or has won by that number of points. 使分出高下; 使分出輸贏

In the end only three points separated the two teams. 最後，兩隊衹以3分之差分出了輸贏。

11. V-T/V-I If you separate a group of people or things into smaller elements, or if a group separates, it is divided into smaller elements. 使分散; 分散

The police wanted to separate them into smaller groups. 警察想把他們分成更小的組。

Let's separate into smaller groups. 讓我們分成更小的組吧。

12. PHRASAL VERB Separate out means the same as . 分開; 分散

If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out. 如果提前很多小時配制，這種混郃物就可能會分離。

13. N-PLURAL Separates are clothes such as skirts, trousers, and shirts which cover just the top half or the bottom half of your body. 單件衣服

She wears coordinated separates instead of a suit. 她不穿套裝，而穿著搭配協調的單件衣服。

14. →see also separated

15. PHRASE 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. 分道敭鑣

Sue was 27 when she and her husband decided to go their separate ways. 27嵗時囌與丈夫決定分道敭鑣。