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separate
[英] [ ˈsepəreit] [美] [ ˈsɛpəˌret] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vt.

vi.

[sɛpəˌrit]

adj.

n.

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The adjective and noun are pronounced /'sepərət/. The verb is pronounced /'sepəreɪt/. 形容词和名词读作 /'sepərət/。动词读作 /'sepəreɪt/。
1. 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。

  • They are now making plans to form their own separate party...

    他们如今正计划组建自己的独立政党。

  • Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones.

    银行的商业账户和个人账户是分开管理的。

separateness

  • ...establishing Australia's cultural separateness from Britain.

    确立澳大利亚相对于英国的文化独立性

2. 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。

  • Men and women have separate exercise rooms...

    男女有各自的健身房。

  • The authorities say six civilians have been killed in two separate attacks.

    当局声称在两次不相关的袭击中已有 6 名平民丧生。

3. 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。

  • The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt...

    双手握住淘选盘不停旋动将沙金和尘土分开。

  • The front end of the car separated from the rest of the vehicle...

    汽车的前端和车身分开了。

4. 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。

  • It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country...

    很可能我们会目睹一场分裂该国这两个地区的运动。

  • He announced a new ministry to deal with Quebec's threat to separate from Canada.

    他宣布成立一个新部门，专门处理魁北克威胁要从加拿大分裂出去一事。

5. 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。

  • Since I separated from my husband I have gone a long way.

    自从我和我丈夫分开后，我的生活发生了很大的变化。

6. 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

  • They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods...

    毫无疑问，他们在这两个时期相隔的 6 年间取得了进展。

  • Rural communities are widely separated and often small...

    乡村村落彼此离得很远，而且通常规模很小。

7. 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。

  • ...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses...

    学习如何分辨真实的和想象出的疾病

  • It is difficult to separate the two aims.

    很难将这两个目标区分开来。

  • Separate out means the same as separate.separate out 同 separate

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

      一个人的行为及与其息息相关的态度怎么能区分得开呢？

8. 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。

  • What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?

    恐怖主义和其他暴力行为的区别是什么？

9. 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。

10. 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。

  • Wallerstein's work can be separated into three main component themes...

    沃勒斯坦的作品可以细分成3个主要的主题。

  • Let's separate into smaller groups...

    我们分成几个小组吧。

  • Separate out means the same as separate .separate out 同 separate

    • If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.

      如果提前几个小时就准备好了，混合物可能会分离开。

11. 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. 
12. See also: separated;  
13. 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。

14.   to separate the wheat from the chaff→see: chaff; 
Usage Note :

Be careful with the spelling of this word.

注意该词的拼写。

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separate out 
Noun

1. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

2. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

Verb

1. act as a barrier between; stand between;

  • "The mountain range divides the two countries"

2. force, take, or pull apart;

  • "He separated the fighting children"
  • "Moses parted the Red Sea"

3. mark as different;

  • "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

4. separate into parts or portions;

  • "divide the cake into three equal parts"
  • "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

5. come apart;

  • "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

6. divide into components or constituents;

  • "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

7. arrange or order by classes or categories;

  • "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

8. become separated into pieces or fragments;

  • "The figurine broke"
  • "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

9. make a division or separation

10. 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"

11. go one's own away; move apart;

  • "The friends separated after the party"

12. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

13. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

  • "The road forks"
Adjective

1. independent; not united or joint;

  • "a problem consisting of two separate issues"
  • "they went their separate ways"
  • "formed a separate church"

2. individual and distinct;

  • "pegged down each separate branch to the earth"
  • "a gift for every single child"

3. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything;

  • "a freestanding bell tower"
  • "a house with a separate garage"

4. not living together as man and wife;

  • "decided to live apart"
  • "maintaining separate households"
  • "they are separated"

5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

  • "an individual serving"
  • "separate rooms"
  • "single occupancy"
  • "a single bed"

6. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;

  • "separate but equal"
  • "girls and boys in separate classes"

7. have the connection undone; having become separate

法律

  • 1.独立

物理学

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  • 1.原子分离极限
  • 2.separate-atom limit

计算机

  • 1.分隔，分离；【修】分离；各别，各自[SEP]
1. A chemist can separate a medicine into its components.
化学家能把一种药物的各种成分分解出来。

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2. After twelve years, he decided to separate from the firm.
12年后他决定离开这个公司。

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3. Are they joined together or separate?
它们是合在一起还是分开的？

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4. Can you separate butterflies from moths?
你能区别蝴蝶和飞蛾吗？

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5. He is too young to separate the sheep from the goats.
他太年轻，无法分辨好人与坏人。

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6. He sold his birds separately to separate buyers.
他把他的鸟儿分别卖给不同的买主。

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7. Higher living standards separate the older generation from their children.
高的生活标准把老一代人同他们的儿辈区别开来。

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8. His work was important in helping establish dentistry as a separate profession.
他在推动牙医学发展成一门独立学科的过程中发挥了重要作用。

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9. Increasingly deep cleavages separate one age group from another.
愈来愈深的分歧使不同的年龄群互相分离。

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10. It is important to separate learning English orally from learning English by reading books.
把口头学英语与阅读学英语相互区分开来很重要。

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11. It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.
直到近来我们才发现，它们其实是众多独立的礁石，大约有2900个独立的礁石系，组成了大堡礁。

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12. Keep these things in a separate place.
把这几件东西单放在一个地方。

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13. Let's separate them into six lots.
我们把它们分为六堆吧。

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14. Logic is taught here as a separate subject.
逻辑学在这里是作为单独一门课来讲授的。

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15. One can't separate politics from economics.
不能把政治与经济割裂开来。

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16. Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities.
我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。

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17. Semicolons can also be used to separate the items in a list.
分号可用来分割一系列中的各项。

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18. Separate off the top of the cream and use it to make butter.
把乳脂的上层分离出来做奶油。

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19. Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.
洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

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20. Some of the firm's operations have been hived off into a separate company.
公司的一些业务已分离出来，成立了一家独立公司。

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