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单词 separable
释义

separable

adjective
/ˈsepərəbl/
/ˈsepərəbl/
Word Family
  • separate adjective
  • separately adverb
  • separable adjective (≠ inseparable)
  • separate verb
  • separated adjective
  • separation noun
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  1. separable (from something) that can be separated from something, or considered separately
    • The moral question is not entirely separable from the financial one.
    • Good and evil are not always easily separable categories.
    • The influences of home and school are not easily separable.
    • The two things were never identical, but never separable from each other.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • easily
    • readily
    • completely
    preposition
    • from
    See full entry
  2. (grammar) (of a phrasal verb) that can be used with the object going either between the verb and the particle or after the particle
    • The phrasal verb ‘tear up’ is separable because you can say ‘She tore the letter up’ or ‘She tore up the letter’.
  3. opposite inseparable
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin separabilis, from separare ‘disjoin, divide’, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.
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