| 单词 | apart |
| 释义 | apart (once / 119 pages) advadj When things are apart, they are separated, often because they're far away from each other. If you are in Hawaii for the summer and your best friend is in Maine, you are apart. You can say that San Diego and San Francisco are about 500 miles apart, or that you hate spending time apart from your cat when you travel. Sometimes people are figuratively apart, when they've ended their relationship. You can also use apart to mean "in pieces," as when a firecracker blows apart an apple. The word comes from the Old French à part, "to the side," from the Latin roots ad "to," and partem, "a side." WORD FAMILYapart: aparts USAGE EXAMPLESHere’s true genius, though: Being owed money from two teams that fired you 367 days apart. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Fisher and Reynolds died one day apart last week. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Schippers did not reveal any new marketing plans to emphasize racing, but did stress what they think sets their casino apart from other area casinos. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv separated or at a distance in place or position or time These towns are many miles apart stood with his legs apart born two years apart 2adv away from another or others they grew apart over the years kept apart from the group out of shyness decided to live apart 3adv placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose had a feeling of being set apart quality sets it apart Syn aside 4adv one from the other people can't tell the twins apart 5adv into parts or pieces he took his father's watch apart split apart Syn asunder 6adv not taken into account or excluded from consideration these problems apart, the country is doing well Syn aside 7adj remote and separate physically or socially existed over the centuries as a world apart "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson Syn isolated, obscure unconnected not joined or linked together 8adj having characteristics not shared by others "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush Syn separate independent; not united or joint |
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