separate

Word family  noun separation separates separatist separatism separator inseperability adjective separable ≠ inseparable separate separated verb separate adverb inseparably separately

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sep·a·rate1 /ˈsepərət/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective [no comparative]  1  DIFFERENTdifferent 不同的 Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat. 切生肉和熟肉要用不同的刀。 My wife and I have separate bank accounts. 我和妻子有各自的银行账户。2  not related to or not affected by something else 不相关的；不受影响的 That’s a separate issue. 那是另一个问题。 He was attacked on two separate occasions. 他在两个不同的场合遭人袭击。separate from He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life. 他设法让自己的工作和私生活完全分开。3  SEPARATEnot joined to or touching something else 独立的，分开的 The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings. 健身房和桑拿浴室在不同的大楼里。separate from Keep the fish separate from the other food. 把鱼和其他食品分开存放。4  go your separate ways a) SEPARATEif people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or lovers 分道扬镳，断绝关系 b) TRAVELif people who have been travelling together go their separate ways, they start travelling in different directions 〔一起旅行的人〕分道而行，分手 —separately adverb They did arrive together, but I think they left separately. 他们确实是一起到的，但我想他们是分开走的。

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separate• He likes to keep his work and his family life separate.• Keep your bank card and your PIN number separate.• The cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles are completely separate.• Before Casey spoke, three prominent Democrats had taken issue with his charges in separate appearances on Sunday.• separate bedrooms• All the children have separate bedrooms.• a university with three separate campuses• The fitter brought the separate components into the correct position by the trunk.• The nursery was separate from the main school.• Then, write a separate list for each chapter and, possibly, for each section of a chapter.• This led the Committee to propose two separate new statutes.• He asked her out on two separate occasions.• In a separate saucepan, heat the milk and the cream.• A separate study found that 77% of students are spending less time on homework.• Upholstery became a separate trade, and seating began to put on weight in consequence.• Unlike Smith, he estimated a separate wage premium for the risk of nonfatal injury.• We all seemed to split up and go our separate ways afterwards.separate from• I never wanted to be separated from him again.• Atlantis is scheduled to separate from Mir space station on Thursday night.• Smoking sections in restaurants should be kept separate from non-smoking sections.• President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences.• The role of the consultation partner is separate from that of the pre-issuance review partner.• Necks, with or without neck skin, are separated from the carcass at the shoulder joint. 6.• The babies should be separated from the father, who will eat them, especially if there is no other food available.• It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields.• They got lost on the mountain when they separated from the rest of their climbing party.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• Dale and Terry have little trouble keeping their work life separate from their married life.• Men separated from their women father illegitimate children.separate from• I never wanted to be separated from him again.• President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences.• The role of the consultation partner is separate from that of the pre-issuance review partner.• Necks, with or without neck skin, are separated from the carcass at the shoulder joint. 6.• The babies should be separated from the father, who will eat them, especially if there is no other food available.• It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• Men separated from their women father illegitimate children.

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sep·a·rate2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb  1  be between 在…之间 [transitive]SEPARATE if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each other 把…隔开separate something from something The lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel. 灯塔和陆地之间隔着一条宽阔的海峡。2  divide 分开 [intransitive, transitive]SEPARATE to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this （把…）分成不同部分；（使）分离 This will keep your dressing from separating. 这样可以防止调味汁分层。separate from At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher. 在这个时候，卫星会脱离发射装置。separate something into something Separate the students into four groups. 把学生分成四组。 First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part). 第一步，把蛋清和蛋黄分开。3  stop living together 分居 [intransitive]SSFDIVORCE if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart 〔夫妻〕分居；〔同居情侣〕分手 Jill and John separated a year ago. 吉尔和约翰一年前分居了。nseparate fromn I decided to separate from my partner.n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbsSeparate is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them: She and her husband separated. You can also say: She separated from her husband.She and her husband separated from each other.4  recognize difference 识别差异 [transitive]SEPARATE to recognize that one thing or idea is different from another 分清，把…区分开来separate something from something She finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy. 她觉得事实和幻想很难分清。5  move apart 分开 [intransitive, transitive]SEPARATE if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart （使）分开，（使）隔开 Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs. 埃德上前把这两条狗分开。separate somebody from somebody/something In the fog, they got separated from the group. 他们在雾中掉 队了。6  make SB/STH different 使某人/某事物不同 [transitive]DIFFERENT to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or things 使区别于，使与众不同separate something from something The capacity to think separates humans from animals. 思维能力使人有别于动物。7  better/older 更好/年代更久 [transitive] if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount 〔数值〕区别，区分 Three points now separate the two teams. 现在这三分让两队分出了高下。8. separate the men from the boys informalDIFFERENT to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not 区分出强者与弱者；分出高下9  separate the sheep from the goats British English (also separate the wheat from the chaff)DIFFERENT to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not 区分好的和坏的；区别优劣n This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.10 separate somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb a) SEPARATEto divide a group of people or things into smaller groups 把…分开 We must separate out these different factors and examine each one. 我们必须把这些不同的因素整理出来逐个进行研究。b) SEPARATEto remove one type of thing or person from a group 把…区分出来 from Many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population. 许多老人可能不喜欢别人把他们和其他的成年人口区别开来。 THESAURUSto make something separate 使某物分开separate verb [transitive] to divide something into two or more parts or groups, or to divide one type of thing from another. You use separate especially when saying that the parts are different from each other 把…分成〔若干部分或若干类；尤指各部分之间存在差异〕 Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies. 摩托罗拉打算把公司分成两家上市公司。The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. 这些物品被分成可回收和不可回收垃圾。divide verb [transitive] to make something become two or more parts or groups 把…分成〔若干部分〕The teacher divided us into groups. 老师把我们分成几个小组。The money was divided between them. 这笔钱他们俩分了。The house is divided into three apartments. 这幢房子分成三个套间。split verb [transitive] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size 把…分成〔若干部分；尤指平分〕The class was split into groups of six. 全班按六人一组分成几个小组。break something up phrasal verb [transitive] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with 〔尤为了便于处理〕把…分解成若干较小部分The phone company was broken up to encourage competition. 电话公司分拆成若干较小公司,以鼓励竞争。Police used tear gas to break up the crowd. 警方利用催泪瓦斯驱散人群。segregate verb [transitive] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc 〔因为种族、性别、宗教等原因〕隔离Schools were racially segregated. 学校实行种族隔离。Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV. 有些监狱对感染艾滋病的囚犯实行隔离。to become separate 分离separate verb [intransitive] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way 〔尤指自然地〕分离A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking. 在干酪制作过程中有一种水样液体从牛奶中分离出来。split verb [intransitive] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size 分裂,分开〔尤指各部分之间大小相同〕What happens when an atom splits? 原子分裂会产生什么结果？break up phrasal verb [intransitive] to separate into several smaller parts 分解,碎裂In spring, the icebergs begin to break up. 春天来了,冰山开始融化。→ See Verb table

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separate• Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate.• Linda and George have only been married for a year and they're already thinking of separating.• The milk had soured and separated.• Hair conditioner helps your curls to separate.• In order to separate a lunar effect the team looked at the lunar day, the position of the Moon.• He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.• Items in the list should be separated by commas.• Steaks and meat patties should be separated by wax paper before freezing.• Farmers separate calves from their mothers when they are only a few days old.• Anne and I separated for three months, but we are now together again.• She was distressed and anxious at being separated from her friends, and rapidly developed colic.• After years of abuse, Ginny finally separated from her husband.• At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• She looked over the picket fence that separates her lawn from the neighbor's.• As the milk turns sour, it separates into thick curds and watery liquid.• Teachers thought it best to separate Paul and Fred and put them in different classes.• Separating prisoners from each other is sometimes the only way of preventing riots.• The diaphragm is the strong muscular wall that separates the chest from the stomach.• To obtain serum, we permit the blood to clot and then separate the clot from the residual serum.• The mobile phase flows continuously over the stationary phase and as it does so separates the components on the stationary phase.• Mam Tor is the first objective on the walk along the ridge which separates the Hope and Edale valleys.• For there was a scramble for individual honours with just two ounces separating the leading four.• A tall fence separates the two houses.• Break an egg into a bowl and separate the white from the yolk.• Some of the pages had got stuck together and I couldn't separate them.• The two were not separated until Dan was kept back at Groton so Harry could enter Harvard first.• If you two don't stop talking during class, I'll have to separate you.separate something from something• Human behavior cannot be separated from its biological base.separate from• I never wanted to be separated from him again.• President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences.• The role of the consultation partner is separate from that of the pre-issuance review partner.• Necks, with or without neck skin, are separated from the carcass at the shoulder joint. 6.• The babies should be separated from the father, who will eat them, especially if there is no other food available.• It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields.• The reactive tannins precipitate with the protein, and the improved wine can then be separated from the sediment.• Men separated from their women father illegitimate children.From Longman Business Dictionaryseparatesep‧a‧rate1 /ˈsepərət/ adjective1things that are separate are not connected or related to each other in any wayThe finance team left to start aseparate company.Many advertisers are running ads for two or more separate products.2under separate cover if something is sent under separate cover, it is sent through the post in a different envelope from other documentsThe information you requested is being sent under separate cover. —separately adverbDebt should be stated on the balance sheet separately from other liabilities.separatesep‧a‧rate2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to divide something into two or more parts, or to cause something to be divided into two partsThe decision toseparate the business reflects the management’s current marketing strategy.separate something from somethingRising competition separates the strong from the weak.→ See Verb tableOrigin separate2 (1400-1500) Latin past participle of separare, from se- “apart” + parare “to prepare, get”

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sep‧a‧rate¹ S2 W2 /ˈsepərət, ˈsepərɪt/ adjective [no comparative]1. different:
    Use separate knives for raw and cooked meat.
    My wife and I have separate bank accounts.
2. not related to or not affected by something else:
    That’s a separate issue.
    He was attacked on two separate occasions.
    separate from
    He tries to keep his professional life completely separate from his private life.
3. not joined to or touching something else:
    The gym and the sauna are in separate buildings.
    separate from
    Keep the fish separate from the other food.
4. go your separate ways
  a. if people go their separate ways, they stop being friends or lovers
  b. if people who have been travelling together go their separate ways, they start travelling in different directions
—separately adverb:
    They did arrive together, but I think they left separately.

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sep‧a‧rate² S2 W2 /ˈsepəreɪt/ verb1.  BE BETWEEN  [transitive] if something separates two places or two things, it is between them so that they are not touching each other
    separate something from something
    The lighthouse is separated from the land by a wide channel.
2.  DIVIDE  [intransitive and transitive] to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this:
    This will keep your dressing from separating.
    separate from
    At this point, the satellite separates from its launcher.
    separate something into something
    Separate the students into four groups.
    First, separate the eggs (=divide the white part from the yellow part).
3.  STOP LIVING TOGETHER  [intransitive] if two people who are married or have been living together separate, they start to live apart:
    Jill and John separated a year ago.
4.  RECOGNIZE DIFFERENCE  [transitive] to recognize that one thing or idea is different from another
    separate something from something
    She finds it difficult to separate fact from fantasy.
5.  MOVE APART  [intransitive and transitive] if people separate, or if someone or something separates them, they move apart:
    Ed stepped in to separate the two dogs.
    separate somebody from somebody/something
    In the fog, they got separated from the group.
6.  MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING DIFFERENT  [transitive] to be the quality or fact that makes someone or something different from other people or things
    separate something from something
    The capacity to think separates humans from animals.
7.  BETTER/OLDER  [transitive] if an amount separates two things, one thing is better or older than the other by that amount:
    Three points now separate the two teams.
8. separate the men from the boys informal to show clearly which people are brave, strong, or skilled, and which are not
9. separate the sheep from the goats British English (also separate the wheat from the chaff) to separate the good things from the bad things
     

THESAURUS

■ to make something separate
   ▪ separate verb [transitive] to divide something into two or more parts or groups, or to divide one type of thing from another. You use separate especially when saying that the parts are different from each other: Motorola is planning to separate the company into two public companies. | The items are separated into recyclable and non-recyclable waste.
   ▪ divide verb [transitive] to make something become two or more parts or groups: The teacher divided us into groups. | The money was divided between them. | The house is divided into three apartments.
   ▪ split verb [transitive] to separate something into two or more groups, parts etc – used especially when each part is equal in size: The class was split into groups of six.
   ▪ break something up phrasal verb [transitive] to separate something into several smaller parts, especially to make it easier to deal with: The phone company was broken up to encourage competition. | Police used tear gas to break up the crowd.
   ▪ segregate verb [transitive] to separate one group of people from others because of race, sex, religion etc: Schools were racially segregated. | Some prisons segregate prisoners who are infected with HIV.
■ to become separate
   ▪ separate verb [intransitive] to divide into different parts, especially in a natural way: A watery liquid separates from the milk during cheesemaking.
   ▪ split verb [intransitive] to separate into two or more parts or groups – used especially when each part is equal in size: What happens when an atom splits?
   ▪ break up phrasal verb [intransitive] to separate into several smaller parts: In spring, the icebergs begin to break up.
     
separate somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
  1. to divide a group of people or things into smaller groups:
    We must separate out these different factors and examine each one.
  2. to remove one type of thing or person from a group
    separate somebody/something ↔ out from
    Many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population.