sep·a·ra·ble
adjective/ˈsepərəbl/
/ˈsepərəbl/
Word Family
- separate adjective
- separately adverb
- separable adjective (≠ inseparable)
- separate verb
- separated adjective
- separation noun
- separable (from something) that can be separated from something, or considered separately
可分开的；可分隔的；可分离的 - The moral question is not entirely separable from the financial one.
道德问题和财政问题不能截然分开。 - Good and evil are not always easily separable categories.
善与恶并不总是容易区分的类别。 - The influences of home and school are not easily separable.
家庭和学校的影响是不可分割的。 - The two things were never identical, but never separable from each other.
这两样东西决不相同，但也决不可彼此分开。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- easily
- readily
- completely
- …
- from
- The moral question is not entirely separable from the financial one.
- (grammar) (of a phrasal verb) that can be used with the object going either between the verb and the particle or after the particle
可分的；可分离的；可分开的 - The phrasal verb ‘tear up’ is separable because you can say ‘She tore the letter up’ or ‘She tore up the letter’.
tear up 是可以分开的短语动词，因为既可以说 She tore the letter up，又可以说 She tore up the letter。
opposite inseparable - The phrasal verb ‘tear up’ is separable because you can say ‘She tore the letter up’ or ‘She tore up the letter’.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin separabilis, from separare ‘disjoin, divide’, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.