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| 1 | at a distance away from each other
if two people or things are apart , there is a space between them （空间上）相隔（的），隔开（的） |
| Stand with your feet apart. 两脚分开站立。 |
| | 1a | used for saying how far away from each other people or things are 相距 | | Their two farms are about a mile apart. 他们的两个农场大约相距1英里。 | | Plant the seeds 25 cm apart. 间隔25厘米播种。 | |
| | 1b | used for saying that one person or group is some distance away from the others 远远地 | | The man was alone, sitting apart, watching people come and go. 这人独自远远地坐着，注视着人们来来往往。 | | +from I saw Theresa at the graveside, standing apart from the rest of the family. 我看见特雷莎在墓边，站得离家里其他人远远的。 | |
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| 2 | with time between events
used for saying how much time there is between events （时间）相隔 |
| The two brothers were born six years apart. 两兄弟相差6岁。 |
| Two surveys carried out 30 years apart show little change in attitudes to childcare. 相隔30年的两项调查显示对儿童照管的态度变化不大。 |
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| 3 | into separate pieces
broken or divided into many different parts or pieces 破碎（的）；散开（的） |
| tear/rip/pull sth apart The explosion tore the body of the plane apart. |
| take sth apart If the problem is in the printer, we’ ll have to take the whole thing apart. 如果问题出在打印机上，我们将不得不把整台机器拆开。 |
| fall/come apart When I picked the book up it came apart in my hands. 我把书捡起来时，它就在我手上散开了。 |
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| 4 | never before noun except sb/sth
without considering or including someone or something in a judgment 除…之外 |
| Bribery apart, there is almost no method of persuasion that is not allowed. 除贿赂外，几乎就没有被禁止的说服方式了。 |
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| 5 | separated
if you pull two things or people apart , you separate them 分隔；分开 |
| We managed to drag the two men apart before they could harm each other. 我们在这两人伤着对方之前设法把他们拉开了。 |
| | 5a | if two people are apart , they are not in the same place together 分离（的） | | Aitken and his wife have been living apart. 艾特肯和妻子一直分居。 | | We hate being apart, but Gary emails me every day. 我们讨厌分离，但加里天天给我发电子邮件。 | |
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| 6 | different
if two people , opinions, or ways of living are far apart , they are very different 不同（的） |
| Galbraith’ s views and my own are not far apart on the issue of free trade. 加尔布雷思在自由贸易问题上的观点与我的相差不大。 |
| When the talks ended, the two sides seemed as far apart as ever. 会谈结束时，双方似乎还是像以前一样各持己见。 |
| be poles apart/be worlds apart (=be very different) Politically, Gorbachev and Thatcher were poles apart, but they became friends. 截然不同 |
| | 6a | different from all the other people or things 与众不同（的） | | The Swiss economy is a case apart, unlike any other. 瑞士经济是个独特的例子，不同于其他的经济形式。 | | set sb apart (=make someone different from others) He has a unique genius that sets him apart from other writers. 使某人与众不同 | |
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| 7 | when an organization , country , or relationship fails
used for saying that an organization , country , or relationship is in a very bad state and is failing to stay together （组织、国家或关系）解体，崩溃，破裂 |
| fall apart Costello lost his job, and soon afterwards his marriage fell apart. 科斯特洛失去了工作，不久以后他的婚姻也破裂了。 |
| come apart The Health Service is coming apart, and only a large investment of cash can save it. 社会保健服务体系正面临崩溃，只有投入一大笔现金才能拯救它。 |
| tear sth apart (=destroy an organization, country etc) Yugoslavia was being torn apart by ethnic conflicts. 摧毁某物 |
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| - | apart from
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| 1 | except for someone or something 除…之外 | I hardly know anyone in the village apart from William and you. 除威廉和你之外，我几乎不认识村里的任何人。 | |
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| 2 | in addition to someone or something 除…之外还 | Apart from providing humanitarian aid, the UN is also supposed to enforce agreements. 联合国除提供人道主义援助外，还应该力促协议的实施。 | |
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| 3 | used for saying that even if you ignore one thing , there is still another important fact or question to consider 即便不考虑…也 | Quite apart from the fact that he has no qualifications, Mr Berry is not a suitable person to work here. 即便不考虑他没有资格证书的事实，贝里先生也不是在这儿工作的合适人选。 | |
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