vt. & vi.分开；隔离 divide sth; keep apart; go apart; break a connection

　～ a word　把词分开
　～ mail　分拣邮件
　～ the fighters　分开打架的人
　～ the rights and the wrongs　分清是非
　～ austerely　严肃地分开
　～ conventionally　按惯例分离
　～ cruelly　残酷地分开
　～ deplorably　可悲地分手
　～ effectually　有效地分开
　～ eternally　永远地分开
　～ fatally　不幸地分开
　～ formally　正式地分开
　～ gradually　逐渐地分开
　～ inevitably　不可避免地脱离
　～ insuperably　难以挽回地脱离
　～ legally　合法地分开
　～ nominally　名义上地分开
　～ partially　部分地分开
　～ permanently　永久脱离
　～ subsequently　随后分开
　～ symmetrically　对称分割
　～ out　区分开来
　～...by　用…把…分开
　～ from　（使）与…分离
　～ from family　与家人分离
　～ from practice　脱离实际
　～ from the army　从军队中退役
　～ the good from the bad　把好的和坏的分开
　～ the pens from the pencils　把钢笔和铅笔分开
　～ the rotten fruit from the good ones　把好水果和烂的分开
　～ from the rest　与其他地方分开
　～ from the service　退役
　～ into　（把…)分成…（份）
　～ into two parts　分成两部分

　We talked until midnight and then separated.　我们谈到午夜才分手。
　We once worked together, but now we have separated.　我们曾在一起共事，但现在已彼此分开了。
　They cannot live without each other, so they will never separate.　他们俩相依为命，故他们将永不分离。
　The husband and wife have separated.　这对夫妻已经分居了。
　The rope began to separate under the heavy load.　绳索在沉重负荷下开始断裂。
　The father separated the two fighters.　父亲分开了两个打架的人。
　A policeman tried to separate the men who were fighting.　警察试图把那些打架的人隔开。
　The river separates England and Scotland.　这条河使英格兰和苏格兰隔开。
　The war separated many families.　战争使许多家庭妻离子散。
　They have to separate large amounts of mail every day.　他们每天得分拣大量的邮件。
　Who can separate these entangled ropes for me?　谁能为我把这些绕在一起的绳子解开?
　Love and hatred are two different feelings. We should separate them.　爱与恨是两种不同的感情，我们应该将它们分开。
　You can't separate the rights and the wrongs of the case.　你无法分清这件案子的是非。
　I'm sorry you two will be separated.　很抱歉，你们俩得分开。
　They are separated in time by one hundred years.　它们在时间上相隔一百年。
　In any discussion of the matter, the two issues must be clearly separated.　在任何关于这件事的讨论中，这两个问题必须完全区分开来。

 ♣ separate from　(v.+prep.)
　分开；区别　make, be separate from; make a distinction between sth
　When did you separate from your husband?　你什么时候与丈夫分居的?
　After twelve years, he decided to separate from the firm. 　12年后他决定离开这个公司。
　The English Channel separates England from the European continent.　英吉利海峡将英国和欧洲大陆分开。
　A stone wall separates our house from theirs.　一道石头墙隔开了我家和他们家。
　Adversity shows what men really are and separates the sheep from the goats.　患难可以看清人的本质，分清好人还是坏人。
　Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.　洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。
　Higher living standards separate the older generation from their children.　高的生活标准把老一代人同他们的儿孙区别开来。
　Can you separate butterflies from moths?　你能识别蝴蝶和飞蛾吗?
　It is important to separate learning English orally from learning English by reading books.　把口头学英语与阅读学英语加以区分开来是重要的。
　Only one game separates us from total victory.　一局之差使我们没能取得全胜。
　No child should ever be separated from his mother by force.　绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。
　They are separated from each other by commas.　它们被逗号相互分开。
 ♣ separate into　(v.+prep.)
　分成（若干部分）　divide into several parts
　The class separated into several smaller groups to talk about the subject.　这个班的学生分成了几个小组讨论这个问题。
　The action of heat will separate the chemical into a substance and oxygen.　热作用会把这化学药品分解成氧气和另一种物质。
　The land was separated into small fields.　那块地被分割为小块的田地。
 ♣ separate off　(v.+adv.)
　分离出，分隔出　keep sth apart
　Separate off the top of the cream and use it to make butter.　把奶油的上层分出来做黄油。
　His room is separated off from the rest of office.　他的房间和其他办公室隔开着。
　This part of the garden should be separated off for vegetable growing.　应当把花园的这部分分出来种菜。
 ♣ separate out　(v.+adv.)
　分开，隔开　sort out
　The oil and water will separate out if the mixture is left standing.　如果使油水混合液静止不动，它们就会分隔开。
　You are confusing two ideas—you should try to separate them out in your mind.　你把这两个观点弄混了，你该设法在头脑中把他们区分开。
　The two scientists spent a lifetime separating out the precious chemical from the substance in which it was found.　这两位科学家耗尽了一生精力把这种珍贵的化学物质从其被发现的那种物质中分解出来。
 ♣ separate up　(v.+adv.)
　分成几份　divide sth into shares
　The profit can be separated up between us.　这笔利润可以由我们双方分享。

 ♣ separate...from, divide...from
　这两个短语都是“把…和…分开”的意思，常可互换，但前者更常见。
 ♣ separate...into, divide...into
　这两个短语都是“把…分为…”的意思，常可互换，但后者更常见。
 ♣ separate, distribute, divide, part, share
　参见part条。

1. 我们已经分手一周了。
　［误］ We have separated for a week.
　［正］ We separated a week ago.
　［正］ It is a week since we separated.
　［正］ We have been separated for a week.
　［析］ separate是瞬间动词，不可与表示一段时间的状语连用。
2. 她很难和家人分开。
　［误］ It is difficult for her to separate with her family.
　［正］ It is difficult for her to separate from her family.
　［析］ 当表示“与…分开”， separate与介词from连用，不与介词with连用。
3. 我们的公司分为5个部门。
　［误］ Our company is separated into five branches.
　［正］ Our company is divided into five branches.
　［析］ separate的意思是“分开”，不仅“分”，而且“开”，不再成整体，如仍保留在一个整体之内，则须用divide.
4. 他们在这个问题上看法有分歧。
　［误］ They are separated on the question.
　［正］ They are divided on the question.
　［析］ separate指实际上有距离的分隔，如表示看法或感情的分歧，应该用divide.

1. A 不同的，个别的　 not the same, different
2. A 单独的，各自的　 not shared with another
3. 分开的，不相连的　 apart

　～ elements　分离元件
　austerely ～　严肃地隔离开
　conventionally ～　按习俗分开着
　cruelly ～　残酷地分开着
　deplorably ～　可悲地隔开着
　effectually ～　有效地分开
　eternally ～　永远分离的
　fatally ～　不幸分开的
　gradually ～　逐渐分开的
　inevitably ～　必然分离的
　legally ～　合法分离的
　nominally ～　名义上分开的
　partially ～　部分脱离的
　permanently ～　永久分离的
　physically ～　实际分开的
　subsequently ～　后来分开的
　symmetrically ～　对称地分开的
　keep private life ～ from　把私生活与…分开
　keep this one ～ from　把这一个与…分开
　～ from　与…分离
　～ from business　与工作分开
　～ from others　与其他的分开

　They belong to two separate families.　他们分属两个不同的家族。
　He sold his birds separately to separate buyers.　他把他的鸟儿分别卖给不同的买主。
　All those separate cases have something in common.　所有那些个别情况都有某些共同点。
　Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities.　我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
　I must have a separate room.　我必须有一间单独的房间。
　The children sleep in separate beds.　孩子们都在各自的床上睡觉。
　Cut the apple into three separate parts.　把苹果切成三块。
　The prisoners are kept separate from one another.　囚犯相互隔离监禁。
　The suite consisted of four separate rooms.　这套房子由四个单间组成。
　The author dealt with that problem in a separate article.　作者在单独一篇文章里论述那个问题。
　The two questions are quite separate.　这两个问题是互不相关的。
　Are they joined together or separate?　他们是合在一起还是分开的?
　Keep the boys and the girls separate.　把男孩和女孩分开。
　Keep this book separate from the others.　把这本书单独放，不要与别的书放在一起。

　［派生词］ separately adv.分着地，不在一起地‖separateness n.分着，不在一起
　［同义词］ v. disjoin, divide, part adj. distinct, single, various; different, divided, apart
　［反义词］ v. join, unite adj. connected, joined, united
　［词源］　中古英语seperaten<拉丁语separatus