·separate
·v.  ['sepəreət]　( separates; separated; separating )
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·双解释义
·vt. & vi.分开; 隔离  divide sth; keep apart; go apart; break a connection ·基本要点
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1.separate的基本意思是“各自分开或从混在一起的东西里分离出来”，强调从原
属一个整体中移去一部分而把两者分开，可指人分开，人把在打架的人或动物分开，也可指由于某种自然的障碍而造成阻隔、分开，通常指短暂的分离或夫妻分居。
2.separate可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词，常与from连用。用作及物动词
时接名词或代词作宾语。
3.separate常用于被动结构。
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·词汇搭配
∙～+名词
∙separate a word  把词分开
∙separate mail  分拣邮件
∙separate the fighters  分开打架的人
∙separate the rights and the wrongs  分清是非
∙～+副词
∙separate austerely  严肃地分开
∙separate conventionally  按惯例分离
∙separate cruelly  残酷地分开
∙separate deplorably  可悲地分手
∙separate effectually  有效地分开
∙separate eternally  永远地分开
∙separate fatally  不幸地分开
∙separate formally  正式地分开
∙separate gradually  逐渐地分开
∙separate inevitably  不可避免地脱离
∙separate insuperably  难以挽回地脱离
∙separate legally  合法地分开
∙separate nominally  名义上地分开
∙separate partially  部分地分开
∙separate permanently  永久脱离
∙separate subsequently  随后分开
∙separate symmetrically  对称分割
∙separate out  区分开来
∙～+介词
∙by  用…把…分开
∙separate from  (使)与…分离
∙separate from family  与家人分离
∙separate from practice  脱离实际
∙separate from the army  从军队中退役
∙separate the good from the bad  把好的和坏的分开
sort out例句
∙separate the pens from the pencils  把钢笔和铅笔分开
∙separate the rotten fruit from the good ones  把好水果和烂的分开∙separate from the rest  与其他地方分开
∙separate from the service  退役
∙separate into  (把…)分成…(份)
∙separate into two parts  分成两部分
·常用短语
separate from(v.+prep.)
分开; 区别 make, be separate from; make a distinction between sth
▲separate from sb/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。
▲separate sb/sth from sb/sth
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.洗衣前应当把浅衣服和深衣服分开。
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。
◇用于be ～ed结构
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。
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separate into(v.+prep.)
分成(若干部分) divide into several parts
▲separate into sth
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。
▲separate sth into sth
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。
◇用于be ～ed结构
The land was separated into small fields.那块地被分割为小块的田地。
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separate off(v.+adv.)
分离出，分隔出 keep sth apart
▲separate sth⇔off
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。
◇用于be ～ed结构
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。
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separate out(v.+adv.)
分开，隔开 sort out
▲separate 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。
▲separate sth⇔out
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。
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