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sep·a·rate AHD[sĕpʹə-rāt'] D.J.[ˈsepəˌreɪt]K.K.[ˈsɛpəˌret]v.（动词）sep.a.rat.ed, sep.a.rat.ing, sep.a.rates v.tr.（及物动词）- To set or keep apart; disunite.分隔：设置或保持隔开；使隔开
- To space apart; scatter:分散：把…分隔开；使分散：small farms that were separated one from another by miles of open land.小农场零星地分散在开阔的土地上
- To sort:分类：separate mail by postal zones.根据邮政地区分拣邮件
- To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish:区分：在…之间区分或辨别；识别：a researcher who separated the various ethnic components of the population sample.区分人口样本中各种少数民族成份的研究人员
- To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.离析：从混合物或结合体中分离；使脱离
- To part (a couple), often by decree:分离，脱离：使（一对夫妇）分离，通常通过法令：She was separated from her husband last year.去年她和丈夫离婚了
- To terminate a contractual relationship, as military service, with; discharge.解除：与…终止契约关系，如军队服役；解除
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To come apart.切断
- To withdraw:脱离：The state threatened to separate from the Union.这个州威胁要脱离联盟
- To part company; disperse.分离；分散
- To stop living together as spouses.分居：停止作为配偶共同生活
- To become divided into components or parts:分开：分开成为几个成份或部分：Oil and water tend to separate.油和水倾向于互相分离
adj.（形容词）AHD[sĕpʹər-ĭt, sĕpʹrĭt] abbr.缩写 sep.- Set or kept apart; disunited.分隔开的：设置或保持分隔的；隔开的
- Existing as an independent entity.单独的：作为一个独立的个体存在的
- Often Separate Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body: 常作 Separate 分离主义派的：与作为渊源的个体分裂或疏远的：Separate churches.分离主义派教会
- Dissimilar from all others; distinct:个别的：与其它所有的个体不相似的；与其它不同的："a policeman's way of being separate from you even when he was being nice"(John le Carré)“即使当警察很和蔼时，他还是也与你不同”(约翰·勒·卡里)
- Not shared; individual:个别的：非共享的；个别的：two people who held separate views on the issue.对这个问题持个别观点的两个人
- Archaic Withdrawn from others; solitary.【古语】 独居的：与他人隔离的；独居的
n.（名词）AHD[sĕpʹər-ĭt, sĕpʹrĭt] abbr.缩写 sep.- A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.单件衣着：可能是分别购买的与其它衣服合穿成各种搭配的单件衣服，例如裙子、茄克衫或便裤
- Middle English separaten 中古英语 separaten
- from Latin sēparātus [past participle of] sēparāre 源自 拉丁语 sēparātus sēparāre的过去分词
- sē- [apart] * see s(w)e- sē- [离开] * 参见 s(w)e-
- parāre [to prepare] * see perə- 1parāre [准备] * 参见 perə- 1
sepʹarately adv.（副词）sepʹarateness n.（名词）separate, divide, part, sever, sunder, divorce- These verbs are compared as they mean to become or cause to become parted, disconnected, or disunited.当这些动词意为变得或使变得分开的，断开的或分离的时，可对它们进行比较。
- Separate applies both to putting apart and to keeping apart: Separate 意指放置为相隔的和保持相隔的： "In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these commanders became separated from each other" (Washington Irving). “在黑夜或混乱中，那帮指挥者互相分离” （华盛顿·欧文）。 The Pyrenees separate France and Spain.比利牛斯将法国和西班牙分开。The child's parents have separated.这孩子的父母已经分居了。
- Divide implies separation by or as if by cutting, splitting, or branching into parts, portions, or shares;the term is often used to refer to separation into opposing or hostile groups: Divide 暗示通过或好象通过切开、劈开或分割形成几部分、几份额或几份来分离；这个词经常用来指分离成相对的或敌对的组： We divided the orange into segments.我们将橘子分成几部分。“[The rich] divide with the poor the produce of all their improvements" (Adam Smith). “ 和穷人分了他们增产的所有农产品” （亚当·史密斯）。 “‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" (Abraham Lincoln).“‘分裂的房子不能维持原状’。我相信这个政府不会容忍永久的半奴半自由的存在”。 （亚伯拉罕·林肯）。
- Part refers most often to the separation of closely associated persons or things: Part 最经常指亲密关系的人或事的分离： "None shall part us from each other" (W.S. Gilbert). “没有什么能将我们分开” (W·S·吉尔伯特）： "I remember the way we parted" (Algernon Swinburne).“我记得我们分开的情形” （阿尔杰农·斯温伯恩）。
- Sever usually implies abruptness and force in the cutting off of a part from the whole or the breaking up of an association or a relationship: Sever 通常暗指从整体中切掉一部分或拆散一种联合或关系中的突然性和力量： "His head was nearly severed from his body" (H.G. Wells). “他的头几乎从他的身体脱离” (H·G·韦尔斯）。 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961.美国于1961年中断了同古巴的外交关系。
- Sunder stresses violent tearing or wrenching apart: Sunder 强调猛烈的撕裂或拧开： The country was sundered by civil war into two embattled states.国家被内战分裂为两个严阵以待的政府。
- Divorce implies the separation of the elements of a relationship or union: Divorce 暗指一个关系或联盟的组成成分的分离： "a priest and a soldier, two classes of men circumstantially divorced from the kind and homely ties of life" (Robert Louis Stevenson).See also Synonyms at distinct ,single “神父和士兵，两个阶层的人事实上从生活中仁慈和家常的关系方面分开” （罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森） 参见同义词 distinct,single
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