1. 分开的;单独的;独立的
    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...
           每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
    e.g. They are now making plans to form their own separate party...
           他们如今正计划组建自己的独立政党。

2. 不同的;各别的
    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时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)分开;(使)分离;分割;划分
    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...
           警方介入进来，将两拨人分开。
    e.g. The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt...
           双手握住淘选盘不停旋动将沙金和尘土分开。

4. (使)分离;(使)分裂;(使)分开
    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...
           他们想把教学和研究分开。
    e.g. It's very possible that we may see a movement to separate the two parts of the country...
           很可能我们会目睹一场分裂该国这两个地区的运动。

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...
           她很小的时候父母就分居了。
    e.g. Since I separated from my husband I have gone a long way.
           自从我和我丈夫分开后，我的生活发生了很大的变化。

6. 隔开;阻隔;使分开
    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...
           将院子和小围场隔开的白色围栏
    e.g. They had undoubtedly made progress in the six years that separated the two periods...
           毫无疑问，他们在这两个时期相隔的 6 年间取得了进展。

7. 分辨;区分;区别
    If you separate one idea or fact from another, you clearly see or show the difference between them.

separate的反义词

    e.g. It is difficult to separate legend from truth...
           很难将传说和事实区别开来。
    e.g. ...learning how to separate real problems from imaginary illnesses...
           学习如何分辨真实的和想象出的疾病

8. 使得以区分;使获得区别
    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...
           区分普通照片和出色照片的一个至关重要的因素就是光线。
    e.g. What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?
           恐怖主义和其他暴力行为的区别是什么？

9. (两个参赛队或竞争者比分)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.
             最终两队只相差 3 分。

10. 分割;划分;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...
             警察想把他们拆散成几小股。
      e.g. Wallerstein's work can be separated into three main component themes...
             沃勒斯坦的作品可以细分成3个主要的主题。

11. (非覆盖全身的)单件衣服
      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. 分道扬镳;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.
             苏和丈夫决定离婚。

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

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