| [/ˈseprət; ˋsɛprɪt/] adj 用法:
1 ~ (from sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; existing apart 自成一单元的; 单独存在的; 分开的:
The children sleep in separate beds. 孩子都睡在各自的床上. *
Violent prisoners are kept separate from the others. 有暴力行为的囚犯隔离囚禁. *
They lead separate lives, ie do not live or do things together. 他们各自单独生活. *
We can't work together any more; I think it's time we went our separate ways, ie parted. 我们再也不能在一起工作了, 我看得各奔东西了. 用法:
2 [usu attrib 通常作定语] different or distinct 不同的; 有区别的:
It happened on three separate occasions. 这件事在三个不同场合都发生过. *
That is a separate issue and irrelevant to our discussion. 这是另一个问题, 同我们的讨论无关. separate 2
[/ˈsepəreɪt; ˋsɛpəˏret/] v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] (a) ~ (sb/sth) (from sb/sth); ~ sth (up) (into sth) (cause things or people to) come apart; divide （使事物或人与人）分离, 分开:
The two parts of the pipe have separated at the joint. 这个管子从接口处分成两截了. *
The branch has separated from the trunk of the tree. 这个树枝已从树干上脱落了. *
This patient should be separated from the others. 这个病人应该隔离. *
The land has been separated (up) into small plots. 这块地已经分成小块了. *
The children were separated into groups for the game. 那些儿童分成小组做游戏.
(b) ~ (sth) (out) (from sth) (cause sth to) stop being combined in a liquid mixture （使混合液）分离, 离析:
Oil and water always separate out. 油和水总是分开的. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) lie or stand between (two countries, areas, etc), keeping them apart 从中隔开（两国、 两地等）:
A deep gorge separates the two halves of the city. 有一道深谷把这座城市分成两部分. *
England is separated from France by the Channel. 英国和法国之间隔著英吉利海峡. *
(fig 比喻) Politics is the only thing which separates us, ie on which we disagree. 我们只是政治观点相左. 用法:
3 [I] (of people) leave each other's company （指人与人）分开, 分手:
We talked until midnight and then separated. 我们一直谈到深夜才分手. 用法:
4 [I] stop living together as a married couple （有婚姻关系的双方）分居:
After ten years of marriage they decided to separate. 他们婚後十年决定分居了. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) separate the sheep from the goats distinguish good people from bad people 把好人同坏人分开. separate the ,wheat from the `chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones 把有价值的人或事物同无价值的分开:
We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff. 我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣. |