apart
apart
a∙part / əˈpɑrt ; əˈpɑ:t /
◙adv, adj
1. NOT CLOSE / TOUCHING 不靠近/接触, if things are apart, they are not close to each other or touching each other
• 〔空间〕分开（的），相间隔（的）:
»two miles / six feet etc apart
»Place the two posts 6 metres apart.
打下这两根桩，间距 6 米。
»They have offices in countries asfar apartas India and Peru.
他们在远至印度、秘鲁等国都设有办事处。
»The police try tokeeprival supportersapartat all matches.
警方设法在所有的比赛中都将双方的支持者分开。
»A couple of men started fighting and we had topullthemapart.
几名男子打起架来，我们不得不将他们拉开。
»Joel stood apart from the group, frowning.
乔尔皱着眉头，独自站在一边。
2. IN DIFFERENT PIECES 散开，碎开, if something comes apart, or you take it apart, it is separated into different pieces
• 成零碎（的）:
»The whole thingcomes apartso that you can clean it.
整个东西可以拆开，以便清洗。
»Theytookthe engineapartto see what was wrong.
他们把发动机拆开检查故障所在。
3. SEPARATE 分开, if you keep things apart, you keep them separate from each other
• 分开（的）:
»I try to keep my work and private life as far apart as possible.
我设法把工作和私生活尽可能分开。
4. NOT AT SAME TIME 不在同时, if things are a particular time apart, they do not happen at the same time but have that much time between them
• 〔时间〕相隔（的），相距（的）:
»two days / three weeks / five years etc apart
»Our birthdays are exactly a month apart.
我们俩的生日正好相差一个月。
5. PEOPLE 人们, if people are apart, they are not together in the same place, or not having a relationship with each other
• 分离着（的），分开（的）:
»The children have never been apart before.
孩子们以前从来没有分开过。
»My wife and I are living apart at the moment.
目前我和妻子分开住。
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»He's never been apart from his mother.
他从未离开过母亲。
6. fall apart
a. if something falls apart, it breaks into different pieces
• 破碎:
»It just fell apart in my hands!
我拿在手上，它好端端地就碎了！
b. if something is falling apart, it is in very bad condition
• 破旧不堪:
»He drives around in an old car that's falling apart.
他开一辆破旧的老爷车东奔西跑。
c. if something falls apart, it fails completely
• 破裂; 崩溃:
»He lost his job and his marriage fell apart.
他丢了工作，婚姻也破裂了。
»The country's economy is in danger of falling apart.
该国经济面临崩溃。
7. be torn apart, if a marriage, family etc is torn apart, it can no longer continue because of serious difficulties
• 被彻底毁灭:
»The play portrays a good marriage torn apart by external forces.
这出戏讲述了一段美满的婚姻彻底毁于外力的故事。
8. be worlds / poles apart, if people, beliefs, or ideas are worlds or poles apart, they are completely different from each other
• 完全不同，截然相反:
»I realized we were still worlds apart.
我意识到我们仍有很大的分歧。
9. grow / drift apart, if people drift or grow apart, their relationship slowly becomes less close
• 逐渐疏远:
»Lewis and his father drifted apart after he moved to New York.
刘易斯搬到纽约后和父亲逐渐疏远了。
10. joking apart, used to say that you want to say something seriously
• 说正经的，不开玩笑:
»Joking apart, they did do quite a good job for us.
说正经的，他们确实为我们干得很好。
11. sb / sth apart, except for someone or something
• 除去某人/某事:
»The car industry apart, most industries are now seeing an improvement in their economic performance.
除去汽车工业，目前大多数行业的经济状况都在好转。
12. set sb / sth apart, to make someone or something different from other people or things
• 使某人/某物与众不同:
»Her unusual lifestyle set her apart as a child.
小时候，她独特的生活方式令她显得很突出。
