separation
n. 分离；分居；缺口；分隔线；[化]离析；【航】间隔
近义词：parting，disjunction，partition，division，divorce，disconnection，estrangement，rift，split，departure，breakup，leave-taking，goodbye，detachment，farewell，severance，split-up，withdrawal，breach，divergence，dissociation，disassociation，cleavage，divorcement，isolation，bust-up，dichotomy，subdivision，ramification，segmentation，removal，secession，disunion，dissolution，rend，branching，bifurcation，dismemberment，rupture，break，fracture，fork，segregation，panel，gulf，abstraction，selection，solitude，of，point，demarcation，line，lineofdemarcation，pointofdeparture，legalseparation，interval，
英英释义
Noun
- the state of lacking unity
- coming apart
- the distance between things;
"fragile items require separation and cushioning"
- sorting one thing from others;
"the separation of wheat from chaff" "the separation of mail by postal zones"
- the social act of separating or parting company;
"the separation of church and state"
- the space where a division or parting occurs;
"he hid in the separation between walls"
- the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- the act of dividing or disconnecting
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Separation from her children was a terrible wrench.同她的孩子们分别是一项很大的痛苦。
- He reminded me of the separation of church and state.他提醒我政教是分离的。
- Friends managed to reconcile him with his wife after years of separation.经过多年分居后朋友们设法使他与妻子重修旧好。