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美音:[(noun) 'seprət (verb) 'sepə'reıt ] 点这儿播放单词美音发声
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牛津简明英汉词典
adj.分开的,分离的,个别的,单独的 v.分开,隔离,分散,分别

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separate为高中词汇  词频:1997

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名词:separateness 副词:separately 动词过去式:separated 过去分词:separated 现在分词:separating 第三人称单数:separates

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1. But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets -- the astronomical distances which separate us.
    然而,在和外星人联系中我们遇到的最大困难是分隔我们的天文距离。

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牛津现代英汉双解词典
/'seprət; `sɛprɪt/
adj
1 ~ (from sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; existing apart 自成一单元的; 单独存在的; 分开的
*The children sleep in separate beds. 孩子都睡在各自的床上.
* Violent prisoners are kept separate from the others. 有暴力行为的囚犯隔离囚禁.
* They lead separate lives, ie do not live or do things together. 他们各自单独生活.
* We can't work together any more; I think it's time we went our separate ways, ie parted. 我们再也不能在一起工作了, 我看得各奔东西了.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定语] different or distinct 不同的; 有区别的
*It happened on three separate occasions. 这件事在三个不同场合都发生过.
* That is a separate issue and irrelevant to our discussion. 这是另一个问题, 同我们的讨论无关.

/'sepəreɪt; `sɛpə,ret/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(a) ~ (sb/sth) (from sb/sth); ~ sth (up) (into sth) (cause things or people to) come apart; divide (使事物或人与人)分离, 分开
*The two parts of the pipe have separated at the joint. 这个管子从接口处分成两截了.
* The branch has separated from the trunk of the tree. 这个树枝已从树干上脱落了.
* This patient should be separated from the others. 这个病人应该隔离.
* The land has been separated (up) into small plots. 这块地已经分成小块了.
* The children were separated into groups for the game. 那些儿童分成小组做游戏.
(b) ~ (sth) (out) (from sth) (cause sth to) stop being combined in a liquid mixture (使混合液)分离, 离析
*Oil and water always separate out. 油和水总是分开的.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) lie or stand between (two countries, areas, etc), keeping them apart 从中隔开(两国、两地等)
*A deep gorge separates the two halves of the city. 有一道深谷把这座城市分成两部分.
* England is separated from France by the Channel. 英国和法国之间隔着英吉利海峡.
* (fig 比喻) Politics is the only thing which separates us, ie on which we disagree. 我们只是政治观点相左.
3 [I] (of people) leave each other's company (指人与人)分开, 分手
*We talked until midnight and then separated. 我们一直谈到深夜才分手.
4 [I] stop living together as a married couple (有婚姻关系的双方)分居
*After ten years of marriage they decided to separate. 他们婚後十年决定分居了.
5 (idm 习语) separate the sheep from the goats distinguish good people from bad people 把好人同坏人分开. separate the ,wheat from the `chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones 把有价值的人或事物同无价值的分开
*We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff. 我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣.

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