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. 分开的; 单独的

They are now making plans to form their own separate party. 他们现在正制订计划单独组建自己的政党。

Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones. 银行的商业账户同个人账户是分开存放的。

2. ADJ If you refer to separate things, you mean several different things, rather than just one thing. 分开的; 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. 男士和女士有分开的健身房。

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

Police moved in to separate the two groups. 警察插进来分开了那两群人。

The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt. 淘洗盘被端在两手中旋转，以便将金粒从泥沙中分离出来。

The front end of the car separated from the rest of the vehicle. 车的前端同车子的其他部分分开了。

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. 使分离; 脱离

They want to separate teaching from research. 他们要把教学与研究分离开来。

It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country. 我们很有可能会看到一场运动将该国一分为二。

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. 在她很小的时候，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. …把院子和围场分隔开来的白色围栏。

They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods. 他们无疑在那两个时期之间的6年里取得了进步。

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

It is difficult to separate legend from truth. 传说与事实很难分辨。

...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses. …学习如何分辨真实的与想像的疾病。

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

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

如何才能将行动同围绕着它的种种看法区分开来呢？

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. 区分一般照片和好照片的惟一重要因素是光线效果。

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; 使分出输赢

In the end only three points separated the two teams. 最后，两队只以3分之差分出了输赢。

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. 警察想把他们分成更小的组。

Let's separate into smaller groups. 让我们分成更小的组吧。

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

If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out. 如果提前很多小时配制，这种混合物就可能会分离。

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. 单件衣服

She wears coordinated separates instead of a suit. 她不穿套装，而穿着搭配协调的单件衣服。

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. 分道扬镳

Sue was 27 when she and her husband decided to go their separate ways. 27岁时苏与丈夫决定分道扬镳。