separate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 existing or happening independently or in a different physical space -- 各自的；單獨的，不同的

  • The art department and the music department are in two separate buildings. 藝術系和音樂系在兩座不同的大樓中。

  • I try to keep meat separate from other food in the fridge. 我儘量把肉同冰箱裡的其他食物分開放。

  • I have my public life and my private life, and as far as possible I try to keep them separate. 我有自己的公共生活和私人生活，並盡可能使兩者分開。

  • Three youths have been shot and killed in separate incidents this month. 這個月有三名年輕人在不同的事件中被槍殺。

• 1 to (cause to) divide into parts -- （使）分離；（使）分開

  • The north and south of the country are separated by a mountain range. 這個國家的南北兩部分被一條山脈隔開。

  • You can get a special device for separating egg whites from yolks. 你可以買一種把蛋白與蛋黃分開的專用器具。

  • The top and bottom sections are quite difficult to separate. 頂部和底部很難分開。

• 2 to make people move apart or into different places, or to move apart -- （使）分開；（使）分散

  • At school they always tried to separate Jane and me because we were troublemakers. 在學校裡，他們總是設法把我和簡分開，因爲我們是搗蛋鬼。

  • Somehow, in the rush to get out of the building, I got separated from my mother. 急急忙忙衝出大樓的時候，不知怎麽的，我和媽媽走散了。

  • Perhaps we should separate now and meet up later. 或許我們現在應該分開，晚些時候再見面。

• 3 to consider two people or things as different or not related -- 分開考慮；認爲（兩者）不相關

  • You can't separate morality from politics. 你不能把道德與政治分開考慮。

• 4 If a liquid separates, it becomes two different liquids. -- （液體）分離

• 5 to start to live in a different place from your husband or wife because the relationship has ended -- （夫妻）分居

  • My parents separated when I was six and divorced a couple of years later. 我六歲的時候父母分居，幾年之後他們便離婚了。