Separate
[ 'sɛpret ]
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vt.& vi. 分开;（使）分离;区分;隔开;
vt. 分离（混合物）;分居;分类;割开;
vi. 分手;断裂;（夫妻）分居;断绝关系;
💡 词根助记
separ分离 + ate 形容词后缀 具有...的 → adj.分离的；个别的
📝 例句
They separated three years after they got married.
他俩结婚三年后便分居了。
He stripped himself, and I counted twenty-seven separate scars and gashes.
他脱去衣服，我在他身上数出了二十七处瘢痕和深深的伤口。
Can these two definitions be conflated, or must they be kept separate?
这两个定义可以合成一个呢, 还是必须分开?
I had my own strange and separate road.
我有自己奇怪的独特的路。
After much heart-searching they decided to separate.
他们考虑再叁之後, 决定分开.
🌱 联想助记
【串】集中营被栏杆separate(分开的),高死亡rate(率),并非是exaggerate(夸张),终于被liberate(释放),心激动vibrate(悸动),一起来celebrate(庆祝)
【记】※ sepa-谐音“撒泼”,rate-责骂:撒泼和责骂导致他们分开
※ se-谐音“蛇”,pa-拼音“怕”,ra-谐音“雷”,te-拼音“特”:个别的蛇特别怕打雷
※ s-似数字“5”,e-拼音“鹅”,pa-拼音“怕”,rat-老鼠,e-拼音“鹅”:5只鹅怕老鼠把其中一只鹅隔离
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
se-表示“分开”
📖 牛津释义
separate
adj
1 ~ (from sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; existing apart 自成一单元的; 单独存在的; 分开的
The children sleep in separate beds. 孩子都睡在各自的床上.
Violent prisoners are kept separate from the others. 有暴力行为的囚犯隔离囚禁.
They lead separate lives, ie do not live or do things together. 他们各自单独生活.
We can't work together any more; I think it's time we went our separate ways, ie parted. 我们再也不能在一起工作了, 我看得各奔东西了.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定语]
different or distinct 不同的; 有区别的
It happened on three separate occasions. 这件事在三个不同场合都发生过.
That is a separate issue and irrelevant to our discussion. 这是另一个问题, 同我们的讨论无关.
separate v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(a) ~ (sb/sth) (from sb/sth); ~ sth (up) (into sth) (cause things or people to) come apart; divide （使事物或人与人）分离, 分开
The two parts of the pipe have separated at the joint. 这个管子从接口处分成两截了.
The branch has separated from the trunk of the tree. 这个树枝已从树干上脱落了.
This patient should be separated from the others. 这个病人应该隔离.
The land has been separated (up) into small plots. 这块地已经分成小块了.
The children were separated into groups for the game. 那些儿童分成小组做游戏.
(b) ~ (sth) (out) (from sth) (cause sth to) stop being combined in a liquid mixture （使混合液）分离, 离析
Oil and water always separate out. 油和水总是分开的.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sth) lie or stand between (two countries, areas, etc), keeping them apart 从中隔开（两国、 两地等）
A deep gorge separates the two halves of the city. 有一道深谷把这座城市分成两部分.
England is separated from France by the Channel. 英国和法国之间隔著英吉利海峡.
(fig 比喻) Politics is the only thing which separates us, ie on which we disagree. 我们只是政治观点相左.
3 [I] (of people) leave each other's company （指人与人）分开, 分手
We talked until midnight and then separated. 我们一直谈到深夜才分手.
4 [I] stop living together as a married couple （有婚姻关系的双方）分居
After ten years of marriage they decided to separate. 他们婚後十年决定分居了.
5 (idm 习语) separate the sheep from the goats distinguish good people from bad people 把好人同坏人分开. separate the ,wheat from the `chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones 把有价值的人或事物同无价值的分开
We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff. 我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣.
🎯 考研助记
se(分,割)+par(pare一双)+ate: 分开
🔁 扩展释义
*['sepәreit]n. 独立件, 抽印本a. 分开的, 各别的, 单独的, 分隔的vi. 分开, 隔开, 分居vt. 使分离, 使分开, 区分, 使分居【经】 各别的, 独立的; 分离相关词组: separate into separate from
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I see him on the train every day but we are not on speaking terms.
我每天都在火车上见到他，但彼此没有说过话。
It is so necessary for you to have some rest and relaxation.
你特别需要休息和娱乐。
That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
这下我可完了，因为不一会儿，我就恢复了以前的坏习惯，在屏幕前打起瞌睡来。