sep·a·rate1 /ˈsepərət/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj [no comparative]1 DIFFERENTdifferent 不同的Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat. 切生肉和熟肉要用不同的刀。
My wife and I have separate bank accounts. 我和妻子有各自的銀行賬戶。
2 not related to or not affected by something else 不相關的;不受影響的That’s a separate issue. 那是另一個問題。
He was attacked on two separate occasions. 他在兩個不同的場合遭人襲擊。
separate fromHe tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life. 他設法讓自己的工作和私生活完全分開。
3 SEPARATEnot joined to or touching something else 獨立的,分開的The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings. 健身房和桑拿浴室在不同的大樓裏。
separate fromKeep the fish separate from the other food. 把魚和其他食品分開存放。
4 go your separate ways a) SEPARATEif people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or lovers 分道揚镳,斷絕關系 b) TRAVELif people who have been travelling together go their separate ways, they start travelling in different directions 〔一起旅行的人〕分道而行,分手 go your separate ways• After this they go their separate ways.• In the case of bacteria, the enormous numbers of cells produced by successive doublings go their separate ways.• Only then, in the shock of the open air at last, did we break ranks and go our separate ways.• She takes it up, the partners disengage and go their separate ways.• They were too readily allowed to go their separate ways.• We all seemed to split up and go our separate ways afterwards.• Or would they go their separate ways, each ruling an independent principality?• He says that they more or less go their separate ways, Felicity and this green fellow she's married to. —separately adverbadvThey did arrive together, but I think they left separately. 他們確實是一起到的,但我想他們是分開走的。
separate from• I never wanted to be separated from him again.• President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences.• The role of the consultation partner is separate from that of the pre-issuance review partner.• Necks, with or without neck skin, are separated from the carcass at the shoulder joint. 6.• The babies should be separated from the father, who will eat them, especially if there is no other food available.• It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• Men separated from their women father illegitimate children.
sep·a·rate2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb1 be between 在…之間 [transitiveT]SEPARATE if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each other 把…隔開separate something from somethingThe lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel. 燈塔和陸地之間隔着一條寬闊的海峽。
2 divide 分開 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SEPARATE to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this (把…)分成不同部分;(使)分離This will keep your dressing from separating. 這樣可以防止調味汁分層。
separate fromAt this point, the satellite separates from its launcher. 在這個時候,衛星會脫離發射裝置。
separate something into somethingSeparate the students into four groups. 把學生分成四組。
First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part). 第一步,把蛋清和蛋黃分開。
3 stop living together 分居 [intransitiveI]SSFDIVORCE if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart 〔夫妻〕分居;〔同居情侶〕分手Jill and John separated a year ago. 吉爾和約翰一年前分居了。
nseparate fromnI decided to separate from my partner.
n Separate is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them: She and her husband separated.
You can also say: She separated from her husband.
She and her husband separated from each other.
4 recognize difference 識别差異 [transitiveT]SEPARATE to recognize that one thing or idea is different from another 分清,把…區分開來separate something from somethingShe finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy. 她覺得事實和幻想很難分清。
5 move apart 分開 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SEPARATE if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart (使)分開,(使)隔開Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs. 埃德上前把這兩條狗分開。
separate somebody from somebody/somethingIn the fog, they got separated from the group. 他們在霧中掉 隊了。
6 make SB/STH different 使某人/某事物不同 [transitiveT]DIFFERENT to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or things 使區别於,使與衆不同separate something from somethingThe capacity to think separates humans from animals. 思維能力使人有别於動物。
7 better/older 更好/年代更久 [transitiveT] if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount 〔數值〕區别,區分Three points now separate the two teams. 現在這三分讓兩隊分出了高下。
8. separate the men from the boys informalDIFFERENT to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not 區分出強者與弱者;分出高下 9 separate the sheep from the goats British EnglishBrE (also separate the wheat from the chaff)DIFFERENT to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not 區分好的和壞的;區别優劣nThis test should really separate the sheep from the goats.
10 separate somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) SEPARATEto divide a group of people or things into smaller groups 把…分開We must separate out these different factors and examine each one. 我們必須把這些不同的因素整理出來逐個進行研究。
b) SEPARATEto remove one type of thing or person from a group 把…區分出來 fromMany older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population. 許多老人可能不喜歡别人把他們和其他的成年人口區别開來。
separate out• Mr Damant will have to separate these out.• They obviate the need to walk about with a small shovel and separate bags.• The data used was taken from two separate surveys carried out in 1977 and 1981.• Although separate reports out of Toronto have Gretzky all but dealt to the St. THESAURUSto make something separate 使某物分開separate verb [transitiveT] to divide something into two or more parts or groups, or to divide one type of thing from another. You use separate especially when saying that the parts are different from each other 把…分成〔若幹部分或若幹類;尤指各部分之間存在差異〕 Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies. 摩托羅拉打算把公司分成兩家上市公司。
The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. 這些物品被分成可回收和不可回收垃圾。
divide verb [transitiveT] to make something become two or more parts or groups 把…分成〔若幹部分〕The teacher divided us into groups. 老師把我們分成幾個小組。
The money was divided between them. 這筆錢他們倆分了。
The house is divided into three apartments. 這幢房子分成三個套間。
split verb [transitiveT] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size 把…分成〔若幹部分;尤指平分〕The class was split into groups of six. 全班按六人一組分成幾個小組。
break something up phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with 〔尤爲了便於處理〕把…分解成若幹較小部分The phone company was broken up to encourage competition. 電話公司分拆成若幹較小公司,以鼓勵競爭。
Police used tear gas to break up the crowd. 警方利用催淚瓦斯驅散人群。
segregate verb [transitiveT] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc 〔因爲種族、性别、宗教等原因〕隔離Schools were racially segregated. 學校實行種族隔離。
Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV. 有些監獄對感染艾滋病的囚犯實行隔離。
to become separate 分離separate verb [intransitiveI] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way 〔尤指自然地〕分離A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking. 在幹酪制作過程中有一種水樣液體從牛奶中分離出來。
split verb [intransitiveI] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size 分裂,分開〔尤指各部分之間大小相同〕What happens when an atom splits? 原子分裂會産生什麽結果?
break up phrasal verbphr v [intransitiveI] to separate into several smaller parts 分解,碎裂In spring, the icebergs begin to break up. 春天來了,冰山開始融化。
separate• Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate.• Linda and George have only been married for a year and they're already thinking of separating.• The milk had soured and separated.• Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate.• In order to separate a lunar effect the team looked at the lunar day, the position of the Moon.• He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.• Items in the list should be separated by commas.• Steaks and meat patties should be separated by wax paper before freezing.• Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old.• Anne and I separated for three months, but we are now together again.• She was distressed and anxious at being separated from her friends, and rapidly developed colic.• After years of abuse, Ginny finally separated from her husband.• At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• She looked over the picket fence that separates her lawn from the neighbor's.• As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid.• Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.• Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.• The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach.• To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• The mobile phase flows continuously over the stationary phase and as it does so separates the components on the stationary phase.• Mam Tor is the first objective on the walk along the ridge which separates the Hope and Edale valleys.• For there was a scramble for individual honours with just two ounces separating the leading four.• A tall fence separates the two houses.• Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk.• Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them.• The two were not separated until Dan was kept back at Groton so Harry could enter Harvard first.• If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you. separate something from something• Human behavior cannot be separated from its biological base. separate from• I never wanted to be separated from him again.• President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences.• The role of the consultation partner is separate from that of the pre-issuance review partner.• Necks, with or without neck skin, are separated from the carcass at the shoulder joint. 6.• The babies should be separated from the father, who will eat them, especially if there is no other food available.• It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• Men separated from their women father illegitimate children.
From Longman Business Dictionary
separatesep·a·rate1 /ˈsepərət/ adjectiveadj1things that are separate are not connected or related to each other in any wayThe finance team left to start aseparate company.
Many advertisers are running ads for two or more separate products.
2under separate cover if something is sent under separate cover, it is sent through the post in a different envelope from other documentsThe information you requested is being sent under separate cover.
—separately adverbadvDebt should be stated on the balance sheet separately from other liabilities.