The adjective and noun are pronounced /'sepərət/. The verb is pronounced /'sepəreɪt/. 形容词和名词读作 /'sepərət/。动词读作 /'sepəreɪt/。
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[ADJ 形容词]分开的；单独的；独立的 If one thing is separate from another, there is a barrier, space, or division between them, so that they are clearly two things.
[oft ADJ from n]
Each villa has a separate sitting-room...
每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
They are now making plans to form their own separate party...
他们如今正计划组建自己的独立政党。
Business bank accounts were kept separate from personal ones.
银行的商业账户和个人账户是分开管理的。
separateness
...establishing Australia's cultural separateness from Britain.
确立澳大利亚相对于英国的文化独立性
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[ADJ 形容词]不同的；各别的 If you refer to separate things, you mean several different things, rather than just one thing.
[usu ADJ n]
Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads...
切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和拌色拉的青菜时要使用不同的切菜板。
Men and women have separate exercise rooms...
男女有各自的健身房。
The authorities say six civilians have been killed in two separate attacks.
当局声称在两次不相关的袭击中已有 6 名平民丧生。
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[V-RECIP-ERG ](使)分开；(使)分离；分割；划分 If you separate people or things that are together, or if they separate, they move apart.
[V pl-n]
[V n from n]
[V from n]
[pl-n V]
[V-ed]
Police moved in to separate the two groups...
警方介入进来，将两拨人分开。
The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt...
双手握住淘选盘不停旋动将沙金和尘土分开。
The front end of the car separated from the rest of the vehicle...
汽车的前端和车身分开了。
They separated. Stephen returned to the square...
他们分开了。斯蒂芬返回了广场。
They're separated from the adult inmates.
他们同成年犯分开关押。
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[V-RECIP-ERG ](使)分离；(使)分裂；(使)分开 If you separate people or things that have been connected, or if one separates from another, the connection between them is ended.
[V n from n]
[V pl-n]
[V from n]
[Also pl-n V]
They want to separate teaching from research...
他们想把教学和研究分开。
It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country...
很可能我们会目睹一场分裂该国这两个地区的运动。
He announced a new ministry to deal with Quebec's threat to separate from Canada.
他宣布成立一个新部门，专门处理魁北克威胁要从加拿大分裂出去一事。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词]分居 If a couple who are married or living together separate, they decide to live apart.
[pl-n V]
[V from n]
Her parents separated when she was very young...
她很小的时候父母就分居了。
Since I separated from my husband I have gone a long way.
自从我和我丈夫分开后，我的生活发生了很大的变化。
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[VERB 动词]隔开；阻隔；使分开 An object, obstacle, distance, or period of time which separates two people, groups, or things exists between them.
[V n from n]
[V pl-n]
[get V-ed]
...the white-railed fence that separated the yard from the paddock...
将院子和小围场隔开的白色围栏
They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods...
毫无疑问，他们在这两个时期相隔的 6 年间取得了进展。
Rural communities are widely separated and often small...
乡村村落彼此离得很远，而且通常规模很小。
But a group of six women and 23 children got separated from the others.
但是有一群人和其他人走散了，其中有 6 名妇人和23 个孩子。
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[VERB 动词]分辨；区分；区别 If you separate one idea or fact from another, you clearly see or show the difference between them.
[V n from n]
[V pl-n]
[V P n from n]
It is difficult to separate legend from truth...
很难将传说和事实区别开来。
...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses...
学习如何分辨真实的和想象出的疾病
It is difficult to separate the two aims.
很难将这两个目标区分开来。
Separate out means the same as separate.separate out 同 separate
How can one ever separate out the act from the attitudes that surround it?
一个人的行为及与其息息相关的态度怎么能区分得开呢？
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[VERB 动词]使得以区分；使获得区别 A quality or factor that separates one thing from another is the reason why the two things are different from each other.
[V n from n]
The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting...
区分普通照片和出色照片的一个至关重要的因素就是光线。
What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?
恐怖主义和其他暴力行为的区别是什么？
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[VERB 动词](两个参赛队或竞争者比分)相隔，相差 If a particular number of points separate two teams or competitors, one of them is winning or has won by that number of points.
[V pl-n]
In the end only three points separated the two teams.
最终两队只相差 3 分。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]分割；划分；拆散 If you separate a group of people or things into smaller elements, or if a group separates, it is divided into smaller elements.
[V n into n]
[V into n]
[V]
[V P]
The police wanted to separate them into smaller groups...
警察想把他们拆散成几小股。
Wallerstein's work can be separated into three main component themes...
沃勒斯坦的作品可以细分成3个主要的主题。
Let's separate into smaller groups...
我们分成几个小组吧。
So all the colours that make up white light are sent in different directions and they separate.
这样构成白色光的所有颜色被投射到不同方向，从而分离开来。
Separate out means the same as separate .separate out 同 separate
If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.
如果提前几个小时就准备好了，混合物可能会分离开。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](非覆盖全身的)单件衣服Separates are clothes such as skirts, trousers, and shirts which cover just the top half or the bottom half of your body.
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[PHRASE 短语]分道扬镳；分手；分路而行 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.
[V inflects]
Sue and her husband decided to go their separate ways.
苏和丈夫决定离婚。
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to separate the wheat from the chaff→see:
chaff
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Usage Note :
Be careful with the spelling of this word.
注意该词的拼写。
相关词组：
separate out
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sep·ar·ate★
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verb
separateseparatesseparatedseparatingWORD FAMILYseparateadjective★separatelyadverbseparableadjective(≠inseparable )separateverbseparatedadjectiveseparationnounadjective/ˈseprət; NAmEˈseprət/1★separate(from sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; not joined to sth else 单独的；独立的；分开的◆separate bedrooms独立卧室◆Raw meat must be kept separatefrom cooked meat. 生肉和熟肉必须分开存放。◆The school is housed in two separate buildings.学校设在两栋独立的楼房内。2★[usually before noun ]different; not connected 不同的；不相关的◆It happened on three separate occasions.这事在三个不同的场合发生过。◆For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.三年来，他们完全是各过各的生活。▶sep·ar·ate·nessnoun[uncountable , singular ]◆Japan's long-standing sense of separateness and uniqueness日本那种由来已久的自成一体、孑然独立的意识IDIOMgo your separate ˈways1to end a relationship with sb 断绝往来；分道扬镳2to go in a different direction from sb you have been travelling with 分路而行；分手☞more at
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n.verb★/ˈsepəreɪt; NAmEˈsepəreɪt/1★[intransitive , transitive ]to divide into different parts or groups; to divide things into different parts or groups （使）分开，分离；分割；划分◆Stir the sauce constantly so that it does not separate.不停地搅动酱汁，免得出现分层。separatesth ◆Separate the eggs (= separate the yolkfrom the white). 把蛋黄和蛋清分开。separatesth from/and sth ◆It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.信仰和感情是分不开的。separatesth into sth ◆Make a list of points and separate them into ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’.列出各点，把它们分成“渴望拥有的”和“绝对必要的”两类。2★[intransitive , transitive ]to move apart; to make people or things move apart （使）分离，分散◆South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.南美洲和非洲于 2 亿年前分离。separatefrom sth ◆South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.*2 亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。 separateinto sth ◆We separated into several different search parties.我们分成几个搜索小组。separatesb/sth ◆Police tried to separate the two men who were fighting.警察力图把两个打架的人分开。◆The war separated many families.这场战争使许多家庭离散。separatesb/sth from/and sb/sth ◆Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.传染病患者同其他病人隔离开来。3★[transitive ]to be between two people, areas, countries, etc. so that they are not touching or connected 隔开；阻隔separatesb/sth ◆A thousand kilometres separates the two cities.两座城市相隔一千公里。separatesb/sth from/and sb ◆A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field.我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。4★[intransitive ]to stop living together as a couple with your husband, wife or partner 分居◆They separated last year.他们于去年分居了。separatefrom sb ◆He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.他和妻子在结婚 20 年后分居了。☞collocationsat
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5[transitive ]separatesb/sth (from sb/sth) to make sb/sth different in some way from sb/sth else 区分；区别SYN
divide
◆Politics is the only thing that separates us (= that we disagree about).我们之间唯一的分歧是政治观点。◆The judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants (= they gave them equal scores).裁判无法把两位参赛者分出高下。◆Only four points separate the top three teams.领先的三队只相差四分。IDIOMsee
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PHRASAL VERBˌseparate ˈout | ˌseparate sth↔ˈoutto divide into different parts; to divide sth into different parts 使某物分开；划分◆to separate out different meanings区分出不同的意思sep·ar·ate/ˈseprət; NAmEˈseprət/separate/ˈsepəreɪt; NAmEˈsepəreɪt/
1different: Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat. My wife and I have separate bank accounts.2not related to or not affected by something else: That’s a separate issue. He was attacked on two separate occasions.separate from He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life.3not joined to or touching something else: The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings.separate fromKeep the fish separate from the other food.4go your separate waysa)if people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or loversb)if people who have been travelling together go their separate ways, they start travelling in different directions—separately adverb: They did arrive together, but I think they left separately.
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separatesep‧a‧rate2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ ●●●S2W2 verb
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1be between [transitive] if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each otherseparate something from something The lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel.2divide [intransitive, transitive] to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this: This will keep your dressing from separating.separate from At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.separate something into something Separate the students into four groups. First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part).3stop living together [intransitive] if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart: Jill and John separated a year ago.separate from I decided to separate from my partner.GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbsSeparate 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.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS4recognize difference [transitive] to recognize that one thing or idea is different from anotherseparate something from something She finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy.5move apart [intransitive, transitive] if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart: Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs.separate somebody from somebody/something In the fog, they got separated from the group.6make somebody/something different [transitive] to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or thingsseparate something from something The capacity to think separates humans from animals.7better/older [transitive] if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount: Three points now separate the two teams.8separate the men from the boys informal to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not9separate the sheep from the goats British English (also separate the wheat from the chaff) to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not: This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.THESAURUSto make something separateseparate verb [transitive] 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: · Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies.· The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste.divide verb [transitive] to make something become two or more parts or groups: · The teacher divided us into groups.· The money was divided between them.· The house is divided into three apartments.split verb [transitive] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size: · The class was split into groups of six.break something up phrasal verb [transitive] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with: · The phone company was broken up to encourage competition.· Police used tear gas to break up the crowd.segregate verb [transitive] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc: · Schools were racially segregated.· Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV.to become separateseparate verb [intransitive] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way: · A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking.split verb [intransitive] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size: · What happens when an atom splits?break up phrasal verb [intransitive] to separate into several smaller parts: · In spring, the icebergs begin to break up.separate out phrasal verb1to divide a group of people or things into smaller groups: We must separate out these different factors and examine each one.2to remove one type of thing or person from a groupseparate out from Many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population.