apart /??pɑ?t/
adv.
adj.

(空間上)相隔，相距

description: When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
example:

1. He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us…
2. She saw Sheila standing some distance apart.
3. Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.
4. He was standing, feet apart.
5. ...regions that were too far apart to have any way of knowing about each other...

往不同方向，分開

description: If two people or things move apart or are pulled apart, they move away from each other.
example:

1. John and Isabelle moved apart, back into the sun.
2. He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbor intervened(v. 介入，干預，調停).

分手，分離

description: If two people are apart, they are no longer living together or spending time together, either permanently or just for a short time.
example:

1. It was the first time Jane and I had been apart for more than a few days…
2. Mum and Dad live apart.

成零碎，散開

description: If you take something apart, you separate it into the pieces that it is made of. if it comes or falls apart, its parts separate from each other.
example:

1. When the clock stopped he took it apart（拆開） to find out what was wrong.
2. Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.(崩潰，搖搖欲墜).

垮掉，分裂，解體

description: If something such as an organization or relationship falls apart, or if something tears it apart(撕開), it can no longer continue because it has serious difficulties.
example:

1. Any manager knows that his company will start falling apart if his attention wanders(v.漫步，閑逛)..
2. Her marriage to film producer Michael Greenberg fell apart.

與眾不同的，獨特的

description: If something sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from other people or things.
example:

1. What really sets Mr Thaksin apart is that he comes from northern Thailand.
2. Health spending tends to rise disproportionately(adj. 不成比例的) as countries become richer; but even adjusting for this, America is a case apart.

意見不一致的，有分歧的

description: If people or groups are a long way apart on a particular topic or issue, they have completely different views and disagree about it.
example:

1. Officials say they're so far apart on such a wide range of issues there's no telling how long the talks could drag on(拖延,偷生)...
2. Their concept of a performance and our concept were miles apart.(差之千里，大相徑庭)

詞組

apart from: 除了；不考慮；此外；