1. 分開的;單獨(dú)的;獨(dú)立的
    If one thing is separate from another, there is a barrier, space, or division between them, so that they are clearly two things.

    e.g. Each villa has a separate sitting-room...
           每棟別墅都有一間獨(dú)立的起居室。
    e.g. They are now making plans to form their own separate party...
           他們?nèi)缃裾?jì)劃組建自己的獨(dú)立政黨。

2. 不同的;各別的
    If you refer to separate things, you mean several different things, rather than just one thing.

    e.g. Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads...
           切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和拌色拉的青菜時(shí)要使用不同的切菜板。
    e.g. Men and women have separate exercise rooms...
           男女有各自的健身房。

3. (使)分開;(使)分離;分割;劃分
    If you separate people or things that are together, or if they separate, they move apart.

    e.g. Police moved in to separate the two groups...
           警方介入進(jìn)來，將兩撥人分開。
    e.g. The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt...
           雙手握住淘選盤不停旋動(dòng)將沙金和塵土分開。

4. (使)分離;(使)分裂;(使)分開
    If you separate people or things that have been connected, or if one separates from another, the connection between them is ended.

    e.g. They want to separate teaching from research...
           他們想把教學(xué)和研究分開。
    e.g. It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country...
           很可能我們會(huì)目睹一場(chǎng)分裂該國(guó)這兩個(gè)地區(qū)的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

5. 分居
    If a couple who are married or living together separate, they decide to live apart.

    e.g. Her parents separated when she was very young...
           她很小的時(shí)候父母就分居了。
    e.g. Since I separated from my husband I have gone a long way.
           自從我和我丈夫分開后，我的生活發(fā)生了很大的變化。

6. 隔開;阻隔;使分開
    An object, obstacle, distance, or period of time which separates two people, groups, or things exists between them.

    e.g. ...the white-railed fence that separated the yard from the paddock...
           將院子和小圍場(chǎng)隔開的白色圍欄
    e.g. They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods...
           毫無疑問，他們?cè)谶@兩個(gè)時(shí)期相隔的 6 年間取得了進(jìn)展。

7. 分辨;區(qū)分;區(qū)別
    If you separate one idea or fact from another, you clearly see or show the difference between them.

separate的反義詞

    e.g. It is difficult to separate legend from truth...
           很難將傳說和事實(shí)區(qū)別開來。
    e.g. ...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses...
           學(xué)習(xí)如何分辨真實(shí)的和想象出的疾病

8. 使得以區(qū)分;使獲得區(qū)別
    A quality or factor that separates one thing from another is the reason why the two things are different from each other.

    e.g. The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting...
           區(qū)分普通照片和出色照片的一個(gè)至關(guān)重要的因素就是光線。
    e.g. What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?
           恐怖主義和其他暴力行為的區(qū)別是什么？

9. (兩個(gè)參賽隊(duì)或競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者比分)相隔，相差
      If a particular number of points separate two teams or competitors, one of them is winning or has won by that number of points.

      e.g. In the end only three points separated the two teams.
             最終兩隊(duì)只相差 3 分。

10. 分割;劃分;拆散
      If you separate a group of people or things into smaller elements, or if a group separates, it is divided into smaller elements.

      e.g. The police wanted to separate them into smaller groups...
             警察想把他們拆散成幾小股。
      e.g. Wallerstein's work can be separated into three main component themes...
             沃勒斯坦的作品可以細(xì)分成3個(gè)主要的主題。

11. (非覆蓋全身的)單件衣服
      Separates are clothes such as skirts, trousers, and shirts which cover just the top half or the bottom half of your body.

separate

12. see also: separated

13. 分道揚(yáng)鑣;分手;分路而行
      When two or more people who have been together for some time go their separate ways, they go to different places or end their relationship.

      e.g. Sue and her husband decided to go their separate ways.
             蘇和丈夫決定離婚。

14. to separate the wheat from the chaff -> see chaff

相關(guān)詞組：separate out