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单词 apart
释义 apart
I. \əˈpärt, -pȧt, usu -d.+V\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French a part, literally, at the side, to the side, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin ad partem, from Latin ad at, to + Late Latin partem, accusative of pars side, from Latin, part — more at at, part
1. : to or at one side : at a little distance
 < the kitchen stood apart from the house >
2. : separately in space or time : away from one another
 < towns five miles apart >
 < children born two years apart >
3. : as a separate or distinct object of thought : independently, individually
 < viewed apart, his arguments were unsound >
4. : excluded from consideration : aside
 < these things apart, I have been working steadily — H.J.Laski >
5. : in or into two or more parts : to pieces : asunder
 < was showing signs of coming apart at the seams — Milton Hindus >
6. : aside from common use : above the general level
 < the elite were definitely set apart from the mass — A.N.Christensen >
II. adjective
1.
 a. : having particular characteristics not shared with any others
  < scientists felt they were a group apart, entitled to special privilege — Vannevar Bush >
 b. : being out of the way : remote, secluded
  < had been preserved because they inhabited a place apart — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
2. : holding different opinions : in disagreement : divergent
 < the allies are still apartTime >
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