separate¹

vt.

1. 分隔；分割；使分離；使分散[（+from/into/off/up）]
   The two communities are separated by a highway.

   這兩個社區由一條公路隔開。

2. 區分，識別[（+from）]
   Brought up in town, the boy finds it difficult to separate a poplar from a willow.

   那男孩是在城裡長大的，所以覺得很難區別楊樹和柳樹。

3. 使分居；使疏遠
4. 離析，從……中提取[（+out/from）]

vi.

1. 分開；脫離；分手；分散[（+from/into）]
   They walked a mile together and then separated.

   他們一道走了一英里，然後就分手了。

2. （夫妻）分居
   They separated three years after they got married.

   他倆結婚三年後便分居了。

3. 離析；析出[（+out/from）]