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separate

adj

verb

ˈsepərɪət adj

1 different 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.

我和妻子有各自的银行账户。

2 not related to or not affected by something else 不相关的; 不受影响的

That’s a separate issue.

那是另一个问题。

He was attacked on two separate occasions.

他在两个不同的场合遭人袭击。

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He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life.

他设法让自己的工作和私生活完全分开。

3 not joined to or touching something else 独立的，分开的

The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings.

健身房和桑拿浴室在不同的大楼里。

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Keep the fish separate from the other food.

把鱼和其他食品分开存放。

go your separate ways

a. if people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or lovers b. if 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

They did arrive together, but I think they left separately.

他们确实是一起到的，但我想他们是分开走的。

ˈsepəreɪt verb

BE BETWEEN

在…之间

if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each other 把…隔开 T

separate sth from sth

The lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel.

灯塔和陆地之间隔着一条宽阔的海峡。

DIVIDE

分开

to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this （把…）分成不同部分;（使）分离 I,T

This will keep your dressing from separating.

这可以使调料不沉淀。

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At this point the satellite separates from its launcher.

在这个时候，卫星会脱离发射装置。

separate sth into sth

Separate the students into four groups.

把学生分成四组。

First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part) .

第一步，把蛋清和蛋黄分开。

STOP LIVING TOGETHER

分居

if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart 〔夫妻〕分居;〔同居情侣〕分手 I

Jill and John separated a year ago.

吉尔和约翰一年前分居了。

RECOGNIZE DIFFERENCE

识别差异

to recognize that one thing or idea is different from another 分清，把…区分开来 T

separate sth from sth

She finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy.

她觉得很难分清事实和幻想。

MOVE APART

分开

if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart （使）分开，（使）隔开 I,T

Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs.

埃德上前把这两条狗分开。

separate sb from sb/sth

In the fog, they got separated from the group.

他们和团队在雾中分开了。

MAKE SB/STH DIFFERENT

使某人/某事物不同

to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or things 使区别于，使与众不同 T

separate sth from sth

The capacity to think separates humans from animals.

思维能力使人有别于动物。

BETTER/OLDER

更好/年代更久

if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount 〔数值〕区别，区分 T

Three points now separate the two teams.

现在这三分让两队分出了高下。

separate the men from the boys

to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not [非正式] 区分出强者与弱者; 分出高下 informal

separate the sheep from the goats separate the wheat from the chaff

also 又作 to separate the good things from the bad things 区分好坏; 区别优劣 BrE

14 to divide a group of people or things into smaller groups 把…分开

We must separate out these different factors and examine each one.

我们必须把这些不同的因素整理出来逐个进行研究。

15 to remove one type of thing or person from a group 把…区分出来

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Many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population.

许多老人可能不喜欢别人把他们和其他的成年人口区别开来。