词族 · separate
中文词源
separate 分开，分离，分居，分开的，单独的
se-,分开，-par,准备，词源同 prepare.-ate,表动词和形容词。引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- separate
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separate: [15] Etymologically, separate means ‘arrange apart’. It comes from the past participle of Latin sēparāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and parāre ‘arrange (in advance), furnish, make ready’ (source also of English prepare). Sever is essentially the same word as separate, in reduced form.
=> prepare, sever - separate (v.)
- late 14c., from Latin separatus, past participle of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. Related: Separated; separating.
- separate (adj.)
- "detached, kept apart," c. 1600, from separate (v.) or from Latin separatus. Separate but equal in reference to U.S. segregation policies on railroads is attested from 1888. Separate development, official name of apartheid in South Africa, is from 1955. Related: Separately (1550s); separateness.
Frequently the colored coach is little better than a cattle car. Generally one half the smoking car is reserved for the colored car. Often only a cloth curtain or partition run half way up separates this so-called colored car from the smoke, obscene language, and foul air of the smokers' half of the car. All classes and conditions of colored humanity, from the most cultured and refined to the most degraded and filthy, without regard to sex, good breeding or ability to pay for better accommodation, are crowded into this separate, but equal (?) half car. [Rev. Norman B. Wood, "The White Side of a Black Subject," 1897]
权威例句
- 1. A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.
- 他那个年纪的年轻人需要有个单独的房间。
- 2. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.
- 能从其他废料中分离出可重复利用成分是很关键的。
- 3. The government, the executive and the judi-ciary are supposed to be separate.
- 政府、行政部门和司法部门应该彼此分离。
- 4. If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.
- 如果提前几个小时就准备好了，混合物可能会分离开。
- 5. I've always kept my private and professional life separate.
- 我总是将私生活和工作分开。
词语辨析
【separate, divorce, divide, part】
这组词都有“分开”的意思，其区别是：
separate: 指把两个人或物分开，着重从原属一个整体中移居一部分或把两者隔开。
divorce: 特指两个或更多的互为依赖的事物的分离，尤指婚姻的合法解体。
divide: 指把一个整体按要求分成几个部分，暗示分配之意；也可指分开两个对立的事物。
part: 多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，往往暗示最后分离的意味。
【separate, segregate, insulate, isolate】
这组词都有“分开，分离，隔离”的意思，其区别是：
separate: 指一般意义上的分开或隔开。
segregate: 指把一群人或物从整体或主体中分离出来。
insulate: 指隔开、分离，尤指用某种东西阻挡从里面逃出或从外面进入的东西。作技术用词时，专指用某种绝缘体隔断通路。
isolate: 侧重指完全分离、隔开，也指人或处于完全孤立的状态。
【separate, detach, allocate, divide】
这组词都有“分开”的意思，其区别是：
separate: v.人为地分开，使隔离开。
• We separated the salad forks from the dinner forks. 我们把沙拉叉与餐叉分隔开。
detach: v.拆开组合的物体；远离，疏远。
• We need a carpenter to detach this bookshelf from the wall. 我们需要一名木匠将书架从墙上拆下来。
allocate: v.分配，把……拨给。
• The city government allocated money for schools and the police in this year's budget. 市政府在今年的预算中给学校和警察部门分配了资金。
divide: v.指将整体分为若干个部分。
• The huge corporation dividedsintossmaller companies. 这家特大公司分成一些较小的公司。
这组词都有“分开”的意思，其区别是：
separate: 指把两个人或物分开，着重从原属一个整体中移居一部分或把两者隔开。
divorce: 特指两个或更多的互为依赖的事物的分离，尤指婚姻的合法解体。
divide: 指把一个整体按要求分成几个部分，暗示分配之意；也可指分开两个对立的事物。
part: 多指使紧密相连的人或物分开，往往暗示最后分离的意味。
【separate, segregate, insulate, isolate】
这组词都有“分开，分离，隔离”的意思，其区别是：
separate: 指一般意义上的分开或隔开。
segregate: 指把一群人或物从整体或主体中分离出来。
insulate: 指隔开、分离，尤指用某种东西阻挡从里面逃出或从外面进入的东西。作技术用词时，专指用某种绝缘体隔断通路。
isolate: 侧重指完全分离、隔开，也指人或处于完全孤立的状态。
【separate, detach, allocate, divide】
这组词都有“分开”的意思，其区别是：
separate: v.人为地分开，使隔离开。
• We separated the salad forks from the dinner forks. 我们把沙拉叉与餐叉分隔开。
detach: v.拆开组合的物体；远离，疏远。
• We need a carpenter to detach this bookshelf from the wall. 我们需要一名木匠将书架从墙上拆下来。
allocate: v.分配，把……拨给。
• The city government allocated money for schools and the police in this year's budget. 市政府在今年的预算中给学校和警察部门分配了资金。
divide: v.指将整体分为若干个部分。
• The huge corporation dividedsintossmaller companies. 这家特大公司分成一些较小的公司。