- forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself分离的; 独立的：
this raises two separate issues
这就提出了两个独立的问题
he regards the study of literature as quite separate from life.
他认为文学研究和生活是完全分离的。
- not joined or touching physically分离的; 独立的：
a bathroom and separate WC.
一间浴室和隔开的卫生间。
- different; distinct不同的; 特别的：
melt the white and plain chocolate in separate bowls.
把白巧克力和纯巧克力熔化在不同的碗里。
- with obj. cause to move or be apart使分离; 分开：
police were trying to separate two rioting mobs
警察试图分开两伙暴徒
they were separated by the war.
战争使他们分离。
- form a distinction or boundary between (people, places, or things)隔离（人, 地方, 物件）：
only a footpath separated their garden from the shore
只有一条小路把他们的花园和海岸隔开
six years separated the two brothers.
两兄弟相差六岁。
- no obj. become detached or disconnected独立; 分离：
the second stage of the rocket failed to separate.
火箭的第二级未能分离。
- no obj. leave another person's company分开; 分手：
they separated at the corner, agreeing to meet within two hours.
他们在拐角处分开, 同意两小时内再碰头。
- no obj. stop living together as a couple（夫妻）分开; 分居：
after her parents separated she was brought up by her mother
父母分开后她由母亲带大
as adj. separated her parents are separated.她的父母分居了。
- （常作be separated）US discharge or dismiss (someone) from service or employment〈美〉解雇; 辞退：
this year one million veterans will be separated from the service.
今年将有100万老兵退役。
- divide or cause to divide into constituent or distinct elements（使）分成部分：
no obj. the processed milk had separated into curds and whey经加工处理的牛奶被分成凝乳和乳清
with obj. separate the eggs and beat the egg yolks.把这些蛋分开并搅碎蛋黄。
- with obj. extract or remove for use or rejection（为使用或丢弃而）分离出, 移除：
the skins are separated from the juice before fermentation
发酵前将果皮从果汁中除去
figurative〈喻〉we need to separate fact from speculation.
我们需要把事实和猜测区分开来。
- with obj. distinguish between; consider individually区别; 个别考虑：
we cannot separate his thinking from his activity.
我们不能把他的思想和行为分开来考虑。
- (of a factor or quality) distinguish (someone or something) from others（因素, 性质）区分; 分别：
his position separates him from those who might share his interests.
他的地位把他和可能分享他的利益的人区分开来。
- with obj.
separate something off
make something form, or view something as, a unit apart or by itself使形成独立体; 视为独立体： the organ loft separating off the choir.
独立于唱诗班的风琴厢席。
- things forming units by themselves, in particular自成一体的物件, 尤指：
- individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations可搭配穿着的单件衣物（如衬衫、夹克、裤子）。
- the self-contained, free-standing components of a sound-reproduction system独立音响设备。
- portions into which a soil, sediment, etc. can be sorted according to particle size, mineral composition, or other criteria（按照颗粒大小、矿物组成等标准的）土壤划分。
go one's separate ways
- leave in a different direction from someone with whom one has just travelled or spent time分道扬镳, 分手。
- end a romantic, professional, or other relationship分道扬镳, 各奔东西。
separate but equal
- US historical racially segregated but ensuring equal opportunities to all races〈美史〉隔离而平等的。
separate the men from the boys
- 见MAN.
separate the sheep from the goats
- divide people or things into superior and inferior groups（人, 物）分出上等和下等。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Matt. 25:33.
separate the wheat from the chaff
- 见
CHAFF1 .