apart

英 [əˈpɑːt]

美 [əˈpɑːrt]

adv.  (指空间或时间)相隔，相距; 不在一起; 分离; 分开; 成碎片

高考CET4考研IELTSTEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2419 / COCA.1971

同义词辨析

afarapartaside【导航词义：有距离地】

习惯用语

adv.

joking apart/aside
• 言归正传；说正经的
  used to show that you are now being serious after you have said sth funny
be poles apart
• 天南地北；南辕北辙；截然相反
  to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share
rip sb/sth apart/to shreds/to bits, etc.
• 摧毁；毁坏；猛烈抨击
  to destroy sth; to criticize sb very strongly
be worlds apart
• （在态度、看法等方面）有天壤之别，截然不同
  to be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc.

牛津词典

adv.

• （指空间或时间）相隔，相距
  separated by a distance, of space or time
  1. The two houses stood 500 metres apart.
     两座房子相距500米。
  2. Their birthdays are only three days apart.
     他们的生日仅隔三日。
  3. The two sides in the talks are still a long way apart (= are far from reaching an agreement) .
     谈判双方的意见仍相去甚远。
• 不在一起；分离；分开
  not together; separate or separately
  1. We're living apart now.
     我们现在不住在一起。
  2. Over the years, Rosie and I had drifted apart.
     多年以来，我和罗西早已疏远。
  3. She keeps herself apart from other people.
     她与其他人保持距离。
  4. I can't tell the twins apart (= see the difference between them) .
     我分不出这一对双胞胎中谁是谁。
• 成碎片
  into pieces
  1. The whole thing just came apart in my hands.
     这整件东西偏偏在我手里破裂了。
  2. We had to take the engine apart .
     我们不得不卸下引擎。
  3. When his wife died, his world fell apart .
     他在妻子去世后万念俱灰。
• （指所说的不包括在内）除外
  used to say that sb/sth is not included in what you are talking about
  1. Colin apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job.
     除了科林，看来他们中谁也不适合这个工作。

柯林斯词典

POSITIONS AND STATES 位置;状态

In addition to the uses shown below,apartis used in phrasal verbs such as ‘grow apart’ and ‘take apart’.
除下列用法外，apart还可用于grow apart, take apart等短语动词中。

• ADV （在空间上）相隔，相距
  When people or things areapart, they are some distance from each other.
  1. He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us...
     他站在离我们其余人不远的地方，看着我们。
  2. She saw Sheila standing some distance apart...
     她看见希拉站开了一段距离。
  3. Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.
     雷和妹妹勒妮的住处仅相隔25英里。
  4. ...regions that were too far apart to have any way of knowing about each other...
     相隔太远而无法互相了解的地区
  5. He was standing, feet apart.
     他叉腿站着。
• ADV 往不同方向；分开
  If two people or things moveapartor are pulledapart, they move away from each other.
  1. John and Isabelle moved apart, back into the sun...
     约翰和伊莎贝拉彼此分开，回到了阳光下。
  2. He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
     邻居过来帮忙前，他费了半天劲儿也没把两只狗分开。
• ADV 分手；分离
  If two people areapart, they are no longer living together or spending time together, either permanently or just for a short time.
  1. It was the first time Jane and I had been apart for more than a few days...
     那是我第一次和简分开数日。
  2. Mum and Dad live apart.
     妈妈和爸爸分居。
• ADV 成零碎;散开
  If you take somethingapart, you separate it into the pieces that it is made of. If it comes or fallsapart, its parts separate from each other.
  1. When the clock stopped he took it apart to find out what was wrong...
     钟一不走了，他就把它拆开看看哪儿出毛病了。
  2. Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.
     许多校舍不安全，有些简直是摇摇欲坠。
• ADV 垮掉；分裂；解体
  If something such as an organization or relationship fallsapart, or if something tears itapart, it can no longer continue because it has serious difficulties.
  1. Any manager knows that his company will start falling apart if his attention wanders...
     每个经理都知道只要自己的注意力有所分散，公司就会分崩离析。
  2. Her marriage to film producer Michael Greenburg fell apart.
     她和电影制片人迈克尔·格林伯格的婚姻破裂了。
• ADV 与众不同地；独特地
  If something sets someone or somethingapart, it makes them different from other people or things.
  1. What really sets Mr Thaksin apart is that he comes from northern Thailand...
     他信先生真正与众不同之处是他来自泰国北部。
  2. Health spending tends to rise disproportionately as countries become richer; but even adjusting for this, America is a case apart.
     随着国家愈加富有，医疗保健费用增加的幅度却往往与之不成比例；但即使美国为此作出调整，还是与别国不同。
• ADJ 意见不一致的；有分歧的
  If people or groups are a long wayaparton a particular topic or issue, they have completely different views and disagree about it.
  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...
     官员们声称他们在许多问题上分歧甚大，所以无法预见谈判将拖多久。
  2. Their concept of a performance and our concept were miles apart.
     他们对于表演的理解和我们的大相径庭。
• PHRASE 区分;分辨
  If you can'ttelltwo people or thingsapart, they look exactly the same to you.
  1. I can still only tell Mark and Dave apart by the colour of their shoes!
     我仍然只能根据鞋子的颜色来区分马克和戴夫！
  2. Free range and battery eggs, boiled for four minutes, were hard to tell apart.
     柴鸡蛋和笼养鸡蛋在煮过4分钟之后很难区分。

INDICATING EXCEPTIONS AND FOCUSING 例外;注意

• ADV 除了…外（别无）
  You useapart fromwhen you are making an exception to a general statement.
  1. The room was empty apart from one man seated beside the fire...
     除了有个男人坐在火炉边，房间里空荡荡的。
  2. She was the only British competitor apart from Richard Meade.
     她是除了理查德·米德之外唯一的英国参赛者。
• PREP-PHRASE 除…之外（表示例外）
  You useapartwhen you are making an exception to a general statement.
  1. This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
     除了纽约，这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。
• PREP-PHRASE 除…外（尚有）；此外
  You useapart fromto indicate that you are aware of one aspect of a situation, but that you are going to focus on another aspect.
  1. Illiteracy threatens Britain's industrial performance. But, quite apart from that, the individual who can't read or write is unlikely to get a job...
     文盲的存在影响着英国的产业效益。但是，除此以外，更重要的是那些不具备读写能力的人也不太可能找到工作。
  2. There was always something to look forward to, apart from Rachel's visits.
     除了雷切尔的来访，总还有别的事情可以期待。
• ADV 除…以外（尚有）;此外
  You useapartto indicate that you are aware of one aspect of a situation, but that you are going to focus on another aspect.
  1. That argument apart, it is for the Germans themselves to work out how their forces should come together.
     撇开那场纷争不谈，德国人自己也应该考虑一下如何将各种力量拧成一股绳。

英英释义

adv

• not taken into account or excluded from consideration
  1. these problems apart, the country is doing well
  2. all joking aside, I think you're crazy
  Synonym:aside
• into parts or pieces
  1. he took his father's watch apart
  2. split apart
  3. torn asunder
  Synonym:asunder
• separated or at a distance in place or position or time
  1. These towns are many miles apart
  2. stood with his legs apart
  3. born two years apart
• one from the other
  1. people can't tell the twins apart
• placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
  1. had a feeling of being set apart
  2. quality sets it apart
  3. a day set aside for relaxing
  Synonym:aside
• away from another or others
  1. they grew apart over the years
  2. kept apart from the group out of shyness
  3. decided to live apart

双语例句

• He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us
  他站在离我们其余人不远的地方，看着我们。
• This regional bloc has fallen apart.
  这一地区性集团已土崩瓦解。
• She was the only British competitor apart from Richard Meade.
  她是除了理查德·米德之外唯一的英国参赛者。
• Mum and Dad live apart.
  妈妈和爸爸分居。
• The wooden box fell apart.
  木箱散了。
• She saw Sheila standing some distance apart
  她看见希拉站开了一段距离。
• Her marriage to film producer Michael Greenburg fell apart.
  她和电影制片人迈克尔·格林伯格的婚姻破裂了。
• There was always something to look forward to, apart from Rachel's visits.
  除了雷切尔的来访，总还有别的事情可以期待。
• He was standing, feet apart.
  他叉腿站着。
• She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced
  她和她丈夫渐行渐远，最后他们离婚了。