apart
adverb
uk/əˈpɑːt/us/əˈpɑːrt/apartadverb(SEPARATED)
B1
separatedby adistanceor bytime:
（指空间或时间）相隔，相距Stand withyourfeetwideapart.两腿叉开站立，双脚间距要大。
Howfarapart should thespeakersbe?两个喇叭应相距多远？
We wereaskedtostandin twolinesthreemetresapart.要求我们站成间距为3米的两排。
The twolinesofchildrenmovedslowlyapart.那两队孩子慢慢分开了。
Thegarage,largeenough for twocars, is set apartfrom(= notjoinedto)thehouse.足够停放两辆车的车库与主宅分开搭建。
IforgettheexactagedifferencebetweenMarkand hisbrother- they're two or threeyearsapart.我记不太清楚马克和他弟弟差几岁了——不是两岁就是三岁。
B2
intosmallerpieces:
成碎片；成零碎；破裂Myjacketis sooldit'sfallingapart.我的夹克太旧了，都穿烂了。
Itookthemotorapart(=separatedit intopieces)toseehow itworked.我把发动机拆开了，想看看它是怎样运转的。
- We made adeliberatedecisiontoliveapart for a while.
- They went for each other withtheirfistsand had to bepulledapart.
- Theymovedthegoalpostswiderapart.
- My children'sbirthdaysare only threedaysapart.
- The new twohouseshave beenbuiltquitefarapart.
Separateness and isolation in space
- apartheid
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- cloistered
- gappy
- givesomething/someonea wide berthidiom
- hermetically sealed
- in piecesidiom
- interzone
- loose
- private
- purdah
- resegregation
- secluded
- seclusive
- stand-alone
- unattached
- uninhabited
- untethered
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Tearing and breaking into pieces
apartadverb(EXCEPT)
apart from
B1
except for or notconsidering:
除了；不考虑，不算；此外Heworksuntil nine o'clock everyevening, and that'squiteapart from theworkhe does over theweekend.他每晚工作到9点，且不说周末还要加班。
Grammar
Apart fromorexcept for?
Apart from and except for are multi-word prepositions. Apart from can mean either ‘including’ or ‘excluding’:…apart
adjective[after verb]
uk/əˈpɑːt/us/əˈpɑːrt/B2
livingorstayingin a differentplacefrom thepersonthat you aremarriedto or have acloserelationshipwith:
（夫妻或亲人）分离的，不住一起的When you're apart you rely soheavilyon thephone.你们要是分居两地，那就真的离不开电话了。
- Theywroteeach otherletterseverydaywhen they were apart.
- Mybrotherand hiswifehave been apart for threemonthsnow.
- They are adevotedcouplewho cannotbearto be apartevenfor oneday.
- Because Sally'shusbandworksatsea, they are often apart.
- Everymomentwe are apart, I'll bethinkingof you.
Alone
- abandoned
- alienate
- alienated
- be cast awayidiom
- be in a minority of oneidiom
- cast
- herself
- himself
- lonely
- loner
- lonesome
- minority
- outcast
- shutsomeoneaway
- sole
- solitude
- solo
- stag
- stay-at-home
- themselves