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单词 separate
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separate

adjective /ˈsɛp(ə)rət /
1Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself: this raises two separate issues he regards the study of literature as quite separate from life...
  • But these qualms are separate from another issue: the value of legal immigration to our nation.
  • The program made me realize that no one social-justice issue is separate from the rest.
  • Ministers have made it clear that such issues are separate from the seabed and foreshore legislation.

Synonyms

unconnected, unrelated, different, discrete, distinct, disparate;
detached, divorced, disconnected, independent, autonomous;
respective, individual, particular, several
1.1Not joined or touching physically: a bathroom and separate toilet...
  • The bathroom is fit for a king and queen, with his and hers basins, large mirrors framed by driftwood, a separate shower room and toilet and a huge tub also encased in wood.
  • Now, as you can see, this is a self-contained room, it's separate from all the others and it's got an air-lock here.
  • Downstairs there are two further large bedrooms plus a very large shower room, a separate guest toilet, boiler house and a bespoke wine cellar.

Synonyms

set apart from, unattached to, not attached to, not joined to, disjoined from;
fenced off from, cut off from, segregated from, isolated from, shut off from;
free-standing, by itself, alone;
self-contained, detached
1.2Different; distinct: melt the white and plain chocolate in separate bowls...
  • The Buddha taught three different approaches on three separate occasions.
  • They would share the same DNA, but in every other respect, like identical twins, they would be separate and distinct individuals.
  • There are two separate and distinct conditions for the exercise of the discretion created by that provision.
verb /ˈsɛpəreɪt /
1 [with object] Cause to move or be apart: police were trying to separate two rioting mobs they were separated by the war...
  • It is about two best friends who are separated when one moves away.
  • My fingers slipped through his as though they'd never been separated, cruelly ripped apart by decency and weakness.
  • They will be separated from other prisoners and some of the more venerable prisoners who have medical problems will be moved to other facilities, he said…

Synonyms

part, split (up), break up, move apart, divide
archaic sunder
1.1Form a distinction or boundary between: only a footpath separated their garden from the shore six years separated the two brothers...
  • Sectors are generally not separated by clear boundaries like those between levels of analysis.
  • One of the main disorders occurs when walls separating the heart's four chambers do not form properly.
  • But it was an extremely close contest with just six points separating the top five places.

Synonyms

divide, partition, lie between, come between, stand between, keep apart;
bisect, intersect
1.2 [no object] Become detached or disconnected; move apart: the second stage of the rocket failed to separate they separated at the corner, agreeing to meet within two hours...
  • These ligaments can be sprained, disrupted, detached, or separated, depending on the severity of the injury.
  • As you pull the lithosphere apart, as it separates, decompression occurs in the earth's mantle underneath the spreading centre.
  • Again to surprise them the rectangle flowed apart, separating into strands and being drawn in upwards one after another, perfectly synchronized.

Synonyms

disconnect, pull apart, break apart, detach, disengage, uncouple, unyoke, disarticulate, disassemble, disunite, disjoin, disaffiliate;
split in two, divide in two, sever;
disentangle, unravel
become detached, become disconnected, come apart, come away, uncouple, break off
part company, part, go their separate ways, go different ways, split, split up, say goodbye/farewell/adieu, say one's goodbyes;
disperse, disband, scatter
1.3 [no object] Stop living together as a couple: after her parents separated she was brought up by her mother (as adjective separated) her parents are separated...
  • For one thing Erica knew his parents were always separating or getting back together.
  • After some time together, she separated from her husband with the intention of divorcing him, and moved into separate accommodation.
  • She was living in public housing, separated from her husband and living on a lone parent allowance.

Synonyms

split up, break up, part, stop living together, part company, reach a parting of the ways, become estranged;
divorce, get divorced, get a divorce
living separately, no longer together, apart, living apart, parted;
estranged
1.4US Discharge or dismiss (someone) from service or employment: this year one million veterans will be separated from the service...
  • The disease she was suffering from in Jewish society and under Mosaic law rendered her unclean, and she was separated from the services of the temple.
2Divide into constituent or distinct elements: [no object]: the processed milk had separated into curds and whey [with object]: separate the eggs and beat the egg yolks the organ loft separating off the choir
2.1 [with object] Extract or remove for use or rejection: the skins are separated from the juice before fermentation...
  • The facts should be carefully separated from opinion and used in a language those people can emotionally relate to.
  • The greenhouse gas had been separated from extracted natural gas and would normally have been released into the atmosphere…
  • One of the most obvious is the stage at which the juice is separated from the skins by pressing (before fermentation for white wines, after fermentation for red wines).
2.2 [with object] Distinguish between or from others; consider individually: we cannot separate his thinking from his activity his position separates him from those who might share his interests...
  • With experience, you are genuinely able to separate yourself from the writer and your current function as a director.
  • What both types have in common is an ability to totally separate emotion and sex.
  • What qualities separate a top-flight guide writer from one who's merely average?
plural noun (separates ˈsɛp(ə)rəts)
1Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers....
  • We stock mainly separates, skirts and matching jackets, blouses, shirts and sweaters.
  • Buy your suiting as separates, the suits sold as sets don't seem to generally be of the same quality.
2The self-contained, free-standing components of a sound-reproduction system.The difference is much like the difference between buying an integrated HiFi and separates - the former is the easy option but the latter almost always performs better.
3Portions into which a soil, sediment, etc. can be sorted according to particle size, mineral composition, or other criteria: analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite-bearing strata...
  • Sm-Nd analytical data for two mafic granulite, three sapphirine granulite samples and mineral separates from one sapphirine granulite sample are given in Table 2.
  • Mineral and groundmass separates were loaded in 99.99% copper foil packets.
  • Mineral separates were prepared from 4-6 kg rock samples.

Phrases

go one's separate ways

separate but equal

separate the men from the boys

separate the sheep from the goats

separate the wheat from the chaff

Derivatives

separateness

noun ...
  • Because their patriotism was often expressed collectively, many groups remained distinct and conscious of their identity and separateness.
  • Cut off by the Delaware River on the northeast and the bay on the west, the people developed a spirit of separateness and self-conscious identity.
  • Children are left uninterrupted, undistracted, unbothered; their distinctness and separateness are respected.

separatory

/ˈsɛpərət(ə)ri/ adjective ...
  • Each sealed root was immersed in a solution and then hung by a thread in a separatory funnel so that the root was suspended in air.
  • One stir plate is pretty much like another, ditto the separatory funnels (which haven't changed in over a century,) flasks, vacuum manifolds, etc.
  • The reaction mixture was then quantitatively transferred to a separatory funnel using methylene chloride.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin separat- 'disjoined, divided', from the verb separare, from se- 'apart' + parare 'prepare'.

  • apparatus from early 17th century:

    This is a Latin word, from apparare ‘make ready for’, from parare ‘make ready’. Other words going back to parare include disparate (Late Middle English), ‘prepared apart’; pare (Middle English); prepare (Late Middle English) ‘prepare in advance’; and separate (Late Middle English) from se- ‘apart’ and parare.

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