SEPARATE1 not together2 to separate something into two or more parts3 to become separated into two different parts4 when something keeps two things, places, or people separate5 to separate things or people so that they are no longer close or touching6 to separate people from each other, the rest of society etc7 when two or more people stop having a relationship, friendship etc8 to deliberately separate yourself from another person, group etcRELATED WORDSoppositeWITH/TOGETHERJOINsee alsoALONEINDEPENDENTRELATIONSHIP1 not together 不在一起separate /ˈsepərɪt, ˈsepərət/ [adjective]not together 分开的；独立的 All the children have separate bedrooms. 孩子们都有各自的卧室。 a university with three separate campuses 有三个独立校园的大学 The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles are completely separate. 长滩和洛杉矶完全是不相邻的。separate from The nursery was separate from the main school. 幼儿园和主校区是分开的。keep something separate He likes to keep his work and his family life separate. 他喜欢把工作和家庭生活分开。 Keep your bank card and your PIN number separate. 银行卡和密码要分开保存。apart /əˈpɑːʳt/ [adverb]if people or things areapart, they are in different places and there is a distance between them 分开，隔开 I hate it when we're apart. 我讨厌我们分开。live apart Jo and Sam decided to try living apart for a while. 乔和萨姆决定尝试分开住一段时间。move/drift apart Since the universe began, the galaxies have gradually moved further apart. 从宇宙开始的时候起，星系之间就逐渐地越来越远。apart from Helen noticed one little boy standing apart from the rest of the group. 海伦注意到一个小男孩站在一旁，没有和其他孩子一起。50 miles/100 kilometres etc apart The two cities are less than 30 km apart. 那两个城市相隔不到30公里。keep somebody apart The two sets of rival fans had to be kept apart by the police. 警察不得不把那两批敌对的球迷分开。separately /ˈsepərɪtli, ˈsepərətli/ [adverb]not together, but at separate times or in separate places 分开地；单独地：不一起地 The couple arrived separately at London Airport yesterday. 夫妇俩于昨日先后抵达伦敦机场。 Books for more advanced students are listed separately. 供高级程度学生使用的书是单独开列的。 Each of the men talked to her separately after the meeting. 会后每位男士都单独和她谈了话。2 to separate something into two or more parts 把某物分为两部分或更多部分separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [transitive verb] This is a technique used to separate the components of a mixture. 这种技术用于把混合物的成分分离出来。separate something into something He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into ‘urgent' and ’non-urgent'. 他坐在桌子旁边，把一堆信分拣成“急件”和“非急件”。divide /dɪˈvaɪd, dəˈvaɪd/ [transitive verb]to separate something into a number of separate parts or things 把…分割；把…分隔divide something into something We divided the pizza into three and had a slice each. 我们把比萨饼分成三份，每人吃一块。 Some of the big old houses have been divided into apartments. 这些大的老房子中有些被分成了一套套的公寓。divide up something/divide something up He said that dividing up the company would make the units more profitable. 他说，把公司拆分开来可以让各部门更加赢利。split /splɪt/ [transitive verb]to separate something that used to be a single thing or a single group into two or more different parts 把…分开〔成几个部分〕；使一分为二 Rutherford first split the atom on 3rd January 1919. 1919年1月3日卢瑟福首次分裂原子。split something in half/in twoso that it makes two equal parts 把某物一分为二 He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers. 他把公司一分为二，然后把两家新的公司分别卖给不同的买家。split something into somethinginto two, three etc parts 把某物分成…部分 For this exercise, I'm going to split the class into three groups. 做这个练习，我要把同学们分成三组。break up /ˌbreɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]to separate something into several smaller parts 使分开〔成几个部分〕break up something The police were attacked as they tried to break up the crowd. 警察试图分散人群的时候遭到了袭击。break something up If you have to give a long explanation, try to break it up. 如果要阐述一段很长的内容，尽量分段讲。break something up into something You can break a subject up into sections and guide your learners through it one section at a time. 你可以把一个课题分成几个部分，引导学生一个部分一个部分地学习。break down /ˌbreɪk ˈdaʊn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to separate something such as a report or a job into parts, especially in order to make it easier to understand or easier to do 把…分成几个部分〔尤指为了更容易理解或做〕break down something Try to break down the calculation and get the students to do it in stages. 要把计算分成几个步骤，让学生分步做。break something down If you find a piece of music hard to play, break it down into small sections and practise each one slowly. 如果你觉得一个曲子不好弹，就把它分成几个小段，一段段慢慢地练习。take apart /ˌteɪk əˈpɑːʳt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to separate a machine, piece of equipment etc into parts 拆开，拆卸〔机器、设备等〕take something apart He'd shown her how to take a gun apart and clean it. 他教了她如何把枪拆开来清洗。take apart something He spends his time taking apart old clocks and watches. 他的时间就用来拆旧的钟表。dismantle /dɪsˈmæntl/ [transitive verb]to separate a large or complicated machine into parts, for example so that it can no longer be used or in order to make it easier to move, repair etc 拆开；拆修；拆除〔大型的或复杂的机器〕 Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike. 吉米在车库里，拆修他的自行车。 The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment. 士兵们做的第一件事就是拆除敌人的监控设备。take something to pieces /ˌteɪk something tə ˈpiːsz/ [verb phrase]to separate something into pieces, especially in order to check for a fault or to clean it 拆开某物〔以便检查毛病或清洗〕 He took the toy to pieces to find out how it worked. 他把玩具拆开来研究它是如何操作的。 The parcel contained a gun that had been taken to pieces. 包裹里面是一把拆开了的枪。3 to become separated into two different parts 分成两个部分separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [intransitive verb]to become separated into different parts, usually in a natural way 〔自然地〕分开 Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate. 护发素可以让你的鬈发一绺一绺地自然分开。separate into The whole process separates quite naturally into three smaller stages. 整个过程很自然地分成三个较小的步骤。 As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid. 牛奶变酸的时候，就分成厚厚的凝乳和水状液体两部分。separate from At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher. 这个时候，卫星就和火箭分离。split /splɪt/ [intransitive verb]to become separated into two or more parts or groups 分裂 What happens when an atom splits? 原子分裂会出现什么情况?split into The class split into two. Half of us went to the museum and half to the cathedral. 班上同学分成两组：一组去了博物馆，一组去了教堂。 When you electrolyse water it splits into hydrogen and oxygen. 水电解后分成氢和氧。break up /ˌbreɪk ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to separate into several smaller parts 分解，分裂 In spring the icebergs begin to break up. 到了春天，冰山就开始崩裂。 The crowd broke up slowly. 人群慢慢地散开了。break up into Eventually, the old ruling group broke up into a number of political parties. 最后，原来的统治集团分裂成了几个政治党派。be in pieces /biː ɪn ˈpiːsz/ [verb phrase]if somethingis in pieces, it has been separated into pieces 破碎；散架 The table Alan was supposed to have put together was still in pieces when I arrived home. 那张桌子艾伦本应把它修好的，可是等到我回家的时候还是一块块散的。 Within a few minutes he had the car engine in pieces on the garage floor. 不出几分钟，他已经把汽车引擎拆得支离破碎，放在车库的地板上了。come to pieces /ˌkʌm tə ˈpiːsz/ [verb phrase]if somethingcomes to pieces, it is designed so that it can be broken into its separate parts without being damaged 〔被设计成〕能拆卸 The bed comes to pieces, so we can fit it in the car. 这张床能拆卸，所以我们可以把它放进车里。4 when something keeps two things, places, or people separate 某物把两个东西、地方或人隔开separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [transitive verb] A tall fence separates the two houses. 一道高高的篱笆隔开了那两栋房子。 Items in the list should be separated by commas. 所列的各项之间应该用逗号隔开。separate something from something The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach. 膈膜是分隔胸腔和腹腔的坚韧肌壁。divide /dɪˈvaɪd, dəˈvaɪd/ [transitive verb]to keep two areas or two parts of an area separate from each other 分隔，隔开 Only a thin partition divides the room. 只有一块薄壁板把房间分隔开来。divide something from something A busy highway divides one half of the town from the other. 一条繁忙的公路将小镇一分为二。 The chapel is divided from the rest of the church by a screen. 一块屏风把小教堂与教堂的其余部分隔开。5 to separate things or people so that they are no longer close or touching 把物或人分开，不让其接近或接触separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [transitive verb] If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you. 如果你们俩上课时仍不停讲话，我就把你们分开。 Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them. 有几页粘在了一起，我没法把它们分开。separate something from something Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk. 在碗里打入一个鸡蛋，把蛋清和蛋黄分开。 Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old. 小牛犊出生没几天，农场里的人就把它们和妈妈分开。part /pɑːʳt/ [transitive verb]to separate two things or parts that are together, making a space in the middle of them 使分开〔指从中间分开〕 Joe parted the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in. 乔拉开窗帘，太阳光直射而入。 She parted the branches with her hands as she moved further into the forest. 她双手拨开树枝，往森林里边走。keep apart /ˌkiːp əˈpɑːʳt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to stop things from touching each other or coming together, especially in order to prevent something from happening 使分开〔以阻止某事发生〕 The plastic casing keeps the wires apart. 塑料套将电线隔离开。 After mating, male and female sheep are usually kept apart. 公羊和母羊交配以后一般都被分开。6 to separate people from each other, the rest of society etc 把人互相隔开，和社会中的其他人隔开等separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [transitive verb]to keep two or more people apart, especially so that they cannot cause any trouble together 使隔离〔尤指为了避免他们在一起制造麻烦〕 Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes. 老师认为最好把保罗和弗雷德分开，安排到不同的班级去。separate somebody from somebody Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots. 把囚犯互相隔离起来有时是防止暴动的唯一办法。keep somebody apart /ˌkiːp somebody əˈpɑːʳt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to separate two or more people so that they cannot talk to or harm each other 将某人分开〔让他们不能互相交谈或伤害对方〕 At the party it seemed only sensible to keep her ex-husband and her new boyfriend apart. 晚会上，似乎只有把她前夫和新男友分开才是明智之举。keep sb apart from Sex offenders are often kept apart from other prisoners for their own safety. 性罪犯经常和其他犯人分开关押，那是为了他们自身的安全。isolate /ˈaɪsəleɪt/ [transitive verb]to keep someone away from other people, especially because they are suffering from an infectious disease 隔离〔尤指传染病患者〕 We used to routinely isolate people who had measles. 我们以前都是例行隔离患有麻疹的人。isolate somebody from The six other patients were immediately isolated from the infected four. 其他六名病人立即和那四名受感染者隔离了开来。isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] She could not bear the isolation of being at home alone all day. 她无法忍受整天一个人待在家里的这种孤立的生活。cut somebody off from /ˌkʌt somebody ˈɒf frɒm/ [verb phrase]to separate someone from the people they are usually with 把某人同〔他们经常在一起的人〕分开 She realized that he was trying to cut her off from her friends. 她意识到，他是想让她和朋友断绝来往。 It's easy to get cut off from your family when you first go overseas. 第一次出国很容易和家人失去联系。segregate /ˈsegrɪgeɪt/ [transitive verb]to separate one group of people from others, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc 隔离〔尤因为种族、性别、宗教等的关系〕 Schools should not segregate children with disabilities. 学校不应该隔离有残障的儿童。 Faith-based schools would only segregate society further. 学校若以宗教信仰为主导只会加深社会的隔离现象。be segregated from Male prisoners were strictly segregated from the females. 男性囚犯被严格地与女性囚犯隔离开。segregated [adjective] At that time, the beaches in South Africa were segregated. 那个时候，南非的海滩实行了隔离制度。segregation /ˌsegrɪˈgeɪʃən/ [uncountable noun]the practice of keeping people of different races apart and making them live, work, or study separately, especially because one race believes that members of the other race are not as good as they are 种族隔离 Racial segregation in schools still exists in some southern states. 南方有些州的学校依旧存在种族隔离制度。 Civil rights protestors called for an end to all segregation. 民权抗议者呼吁彻底结束种族隔离制度。apartheid /əˈpɑːʳtheɪt, -teɪt, -taɪt, -taɪd/ [uncountable noun]the former South African political and social system in which black and white races had to go to separate schools, live in separate areas etc as a way of keeping white people in their position of power 〔以前南非的〕种族隔离制度 Mandela was in prison for over 25 years for opposing apartheid in South Africa. 曼德拉因反对南非的种族隔离制度而被囚禁了25年多。 an anti-apartheid organization 一个反种族隔离组织in quarantine /ɪn ˈkwɒrəntiːnǁ-ˈkwɑː-/ [adverb]separated from other people because you have or may have an infectious illness that they could catch if they were with you 〔因患传染病〕被隔离 One of the crew caught smallpox, and soon they were all in quarantine. 其中一名船员得了天花，不久他们全体都被隔离。put somebody in quarantine All animals entering the UK used to have to be put in quarantine. 所有进入英国的动物过去都必须进行检疫隔离。7 when two or more people stop having a relationship, friendship etc 两个或两个以上的人结束关系、友谊等separate /ˈsepəreɪt/ [intransitive verb]to start to live apart from a sexual partner you used to live with or are married to 分居 They separated several years ago, but they're not divorced. 他们几年前就分居了，但没有离婚。 Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate. 父母分居，小孩子就要承受巨大的情感压力。split up /ˌsplɪt ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if two peoplesplit up, they stop having a relationship with each other, especially a sexual relationship 〔尤指男女之间的关系〕破裂，分手 They're always arguing, but I don't think they'll ever split up. 他们老是吵架，不过我想他们不会分手。split up with He started drinking heavily after he split up with Debbie. 他和黛比分手了之后就开始酗酒。part /pɑːʳt/ [intransitive verb]to separate from someone so that your relationship ends - used especially in literature 分手，分离〔尤用于文学作品中〕 They parted in a fairly amicable way. 他们和和气气地分手了。 She hoped that she and Jonathan would never part. 她希望她和乔纳森永远不分离。break up /ˌbreɪk ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if two people break up, or if their relationship breaks up, they stop having a relationship with each other 〔关系〕破裂，分手 Tom and I broke up last year. 汤姆和我去年分手了。 Newspaper stories often have a lot to do with showbusiness marriages breaking up. 报纸上经常有很多有关娱乐圈里婚姻破裂的报道。break up with I can't imagine ever breaking up with my wife. 我想象不出我哪一天会和妻子分手。break-up /ˈbreɪk ʌp/ [countable noun] What finally caused the break-up of your marriage? 是什么事情最后导致你们婚姻破裂的？drift apart /ˌdrɪft əˈpɑːʳt/ [verb phrase]if peopledrift apart, they gradually become less friendly and see each other less, until their relationship finally ends 渐渐地疏远 Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart. 经过多年，我和同学们渐渐地疏远了。 Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart. 特迪和玛丽亚从没真正吵过嘴，他们只是慢慢地疏远了。go their separate ways /ˌgəʊ ðeəʳ ˌsepərt ˈweɪz/ [verb phrase]if a group of friendsgo their separate ways, they each go to different places and start doing different things 〔一群朋友〕各奔前程，各奔东西 After we left college we all went our separate ways and I never saw those friends again. 大学毕业后我们大家都各奔前程，我再也没有见过那些朋友。estranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ [adjective]separated from a relation, especially a close one such as a husband or mother, so that you almost never see them, for example because you have had a serious argument 疏远的；不和的〔尤指与家人〕somebody's estranged wife/husband/father etc He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary. 他希望和已经分开的妻子希拉里重归于好。 In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father. 1975年他给和自己关系不和的父亲写了一封正式的信。be estranged from somebody We provide support to people who are estranged from their families. 我们为与家人关系疏远的人提供帮助。separation /ˌsepəˈreɪʃən/ [countable/uncountable noun]a situation in which a husband and wife agree to live apart from each other even though they are still married 〔夫妇〕分居 In the case of separation or divorce, the children's needs should come first. 分居或离婚的话，首先应该考虑孩子的需要。 Since the separation they've each been seeing different people. 自从分居以后，他们各自都在和别人交往。trial separationto see if it is better or worse being separated 尝试分居 He said he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation might be the answer. 他说他理解她的疑虑，也许试着分居一段时间就能解决问题。8 to deliberately separate yourself from another person, group etc 从其他人、团体等中故意脱离出来split from /ˈsplɪt frɒm/ [verb phrase]to deliberately separate yourself from a larger group or organization, especially because you no longer want to work with them 和…脱离关系；从…分裂〔尤因不再想与他们共事〕 Last year, he split from the rock band, "Hot City'. 去年他和“热城”摇滚乐队脱离了关系。 The left wing of the party is likely to split from its parent organization. 该党的左翼人士有可能从原组织脱离出去。cut yourself off /ˌkʌt jɔːʳself ˈɒf/ [verb phrase]to deliberately separate yourself from a group of people, usually permanently, because you want to be alone or independent 〔常指永久地〕中止关系，断绝来往 She had cut herself off, and when David left her she had no one to turn to. 她跟谁都不联系，所以戴维离开她之后，她没有一个人可以求助。cut yourself off from Quite deliberately, she cut herself off from the rest of the family. 她故意与家人断绝来往。sever links/connections/relations/ties /ˌsevəʳ ˈlɪŋks, kəˈnekʃənz, rɪˈleɪʃənz, ˈtaɪz/ [verb phrase]to formally and permanently end a relationship with another person, company, country etc 〔正式并永远地〕切断联系，断绝关系 Throughout the seventies, the government was urged to sever all links with South Africa. 70年代，政府被敦促和南非断绝所有关系。 Tobolewski, like many immigrants into America, severed all his ties with his Polish background. 托博莱夫斯基和许多移民美国的人一样，切断了与波兰的所有关系。detach/distance yourself from /dɪˈtætʃ, ˈdɪstəns jɔːʳself frɒm/ [verb phrase]to deliberately separate yourself from a person, organization etc, because you do not want people to think you are connected with it or are responsible for something that they are doing 和…脱离关系/保持距离 The government is seeking to detach itself from the latest financial scandal. 政府正努力与最近一次财政丑闻摆脱关系。 Diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government. 外交人士认为，他辞职是想和不得民心的政府脱离关系。