apart

adv

• ① (在时间上或空间上)分离地,隔开地
  • Alice and her husband now live apart.爱丽丝和她的丈夫现在分居。
  • Their birthdays are five days apart.他们的生日相隔五天。
  • The two sisters were born three years apart.那两个姊妹相隔三年出生。
  • New York and Taipei are thousands of miles apart.纽约与台北相隔数千英里。
  • He stood with his feet wide apart.他两脚分得很开地站着。
  • She lives apart from her family.她跟家人分开住。

• ② 分散地;拆开地
  • The old house fell apart from decay.那栋旧房子由于腐朽而崩塌。
  • She tore the book apart.她把那本书拆开来。
  • They are stuck together－can you pull them apart?它们黏在一起了——你能把它们拉开来吗?
  • come apart(东西)变成支离破碎;(人)(精神)崩溃

• ③ 向一旁;在一旁(为某目的或用途)挪出地→set apart

• ④ 个别地(=individually);分开地(=separately)
  • Each factor must be viewed apart from the others.每一个因素都必须跟其他的因素分开来看。

• ⑤[置于动名词或(代)名词之后]撇开地(=aside)
  • Joking [Jesting] apart, you ought to give up smoking.且不说笑话[说正经的],你应该戒烟。
  • A few little things apart, the party was a great success.除了几件小事之外,那次派对非常成功。