separate: [15] Etymologically, separate means ‘arrange apart’. It comes from the past participle of Latin sēparāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and parāre ‘arrange (in advance), furnish, make ready’ (source also of English prepare). Sever is essentially the same word as separate, in reduced form. => prepare, sever
separate (v.)
late 14c., from Latin separatus, past participle of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. Related: Separated; separating.
separate (adj.)
"detached, kept apart," c. 1600, from separate (v.) or from Latin separatus. Separate but equal in reference to U.S. segregation policies on railroads is attested from 1888. Separate development, official name of apartheid in South Africa, is from 1955. Related: Separately (1550s); separateness.
Frequently the colored coach is little better than a cattle car. Generally one half the smoking car is reserved for the colored car. Often only a cloth curtain or partition run half way up separates this so-called colored car from the smoke, obscene language, and foul air of the smokers' half of the car. All classes and conditions of colored humanity, from the most cultured and refined to the most degraded and filthy, without regard to sex, good breeding or ability to pay for better accommodation, are crowded into this separate, but equal (?) half car. [Rev. Norman B. Wood, "The White Side of a Black Subject," 1897]
实用例句
1. A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.
他那个年纪的年轻人需要有个单独的房间。
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2. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.
能从其他废料中分离出可重复利用成分是很关键的。
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3. The government, the executive and the judi-ciary are supposed to be separate.
政府、行政部门和司法部门应该彼此分离。
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4. If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.
如果提前几个小时就准备好了，混合物可能会分离开。
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5. I've always kept my private and professional life separate.
