| 单词 | apart |
| 释义 | apartapart /əˈpɑrt/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective, adverb 1DISTANCE if things are apart, they have an amount of space between them: The two towns are 15 miles apart.apart from Families may be forced to sit apart from each other.2SEPARATE a)if you take or pull something apart, or something comes or falls apart, it is separated into many different parts or pieces: The mechanics took the engine apart. The upholstery had been ripped apart. b)if you keep, pull, force, etc. two things or people apart, you separate them: Soldiers forced many families apart in the refugee camps. We try to keep the cats apart as much as possible because they fight.3TIME if things are a particular time apart, they have that much time between them: two hours/six weeks etc. apart Our birthdays are only two days apart. Carol’s two daughters are three years apart (=one was born three years after the other).4CONDITION if something is coming apart, or falling apart, it is in a very bad condition: My purse is starting to come apart. The old house is falling apart.5NOT WITH somebody ELSE in a different place from someone else: The twins were adopted and raised apart. They got back together after two years apart.6COUNTRY/GROUP if something such as a country or group comes apart, it stops being whole or stops having a single organization: Civil war has ripped the country apart.7apart from somebody/something a)except for; not including: Apart from a couple of spelling mistakes, this looks fine. b)in addition to SYN besides: Apart from being used as a school, the building is used for weddings, parties, and meetings.8grow/drift apart if people or groups grow apart, their relationship slowly ends: I think Dan and Tina just grew apart.9be worlds/poles apart if people, beliefs, or ideas are worlds or poles apart, they are completely different from each other10quite apart from something formal without even considering something; completely separate from something: Quite apart from being illegal, the activity is extremely dangerous.11a ... apart formal used to say that something is different in some way from other things of the same type: We hope to find someone who will preserve the land as open space, a place apart. Where I grew up, the lives of the rich seemed a world apart (=a completely different place or way of life).[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French a part to the side] → fall apart at fall apart, pull apart at pull apart, set apart at set apart, take apart at take apart, tear apart at tear |
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