名词

1. 分离;分开;分散;隔离
The separation of two or more things or groups is the fact that they are separate or become separate, and are not linked.

2. 分离期;离别;分开
During a separation, people who usually live together are not together.

3. 分居
If a couple who are married or living together have a separation, they decide to live apart.

1. the act of dividing or disconnecting

2. the social act of separating or parting company

e.g. the separation of church and state

3. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

Synonym: legal separation

4. sorting one thing from others

e.g. the separation of wheat from chaff
the separation of mail by postal zones

5. the distance between things

e.g. fragile items require separation and cushioning

Synonym: interval

6. the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

7. coming apart

Synonym: breakupdetachment

8. the space where a division or parting occurs

e.g. he hid in the separation between walls

9. the state of lacking unity