• vt. 使分離；使分開；使分居
• vi. 分開；隔開；分居
• adj. 單獨的；分開的；不同的；各自的；
• n. .分開；抽印本

se-,分開，-par,準備，詞源同 prepare.-ate,表動詞和形容詞。引申諸相關詞義。

separate

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]

1. A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.

他那個年紀的年輕人需要有個單獨的房間。

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2. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.

能從其他廢料中分離出可重復利用成分是很關鍵的。

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3. The government, the executive and the judi-ciary are supposed to be separate.

政府、行政部門和司法部門應該彼此分離。

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4. If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.

如果提前幾個小時就準備好了，混合物可能會分離開。

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5. I've always kept my private and professional life separate.

我總是將私生活和工作分開。

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