apart
adverb /əˈpɑːt/
/əˈpɑːrt/
Idioms - separated by a distance, of space or time
（指空间或时间）相隔，相距 - The two houses stood 500 metres apart.
两座房子相距 500 米。 - Their birthdays are only three days apart.
他们的生日仅隔三日。 - (figurative) 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。
- The two houses stood 500 metres apart.
- not together; separate or separately
不在一起；分离；分开 - We're living apart now.
我们现在不住在一起。 - Over the years, Rosie and I had drifted apart.
多年以来，我和罗西早已疏远。 - She keeps herself apart from other people.
她与其他人保持距离。 - 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。
- We're living apart now.
- into pieces
成碎片 - The whole thing just came apart in my hands.
这整件东西偏偏在我手里破裂了。 - When his wife died, his world fell apart.
他在妻子去世后万念俱灰。 - Within minutes the ship began to break apart.
几分钟后，船开始解体。 - We had to take the engine apart.
我们不得不拆卸了引擎。
- The whole thing just came apart in my hands.
- used to say that somebody/something is not included in what you are talking about
（指所说的不包括在内）除外 - Victoria apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job.
除了维多利亚，看来他们谁也不适合这个工作。
- Victoria apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job.
词源late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin a parte ‘at the side’.
Idioms
be poles apart
- to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share
天南地北；南辕北辙；截然相反 - Her own friends were poles apart from his.
她自己的朋友与他截然不同。 - In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart.
她和姐姐的性情截然相反。
- Her own friends were poles apart from his.
be worlds apart
- to be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc.
（在态度、看法等方面）有天壤之别，截然不同 - Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life.
尽管他们是双胞胎，他们的人生观却完全不同。
- Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life.
joking apart (British English)joking aside (British English, North American English)
- used to show that you are now being serious after you have said something funny
言归正传；说正经的
rip somebody/something apart/to shreds/to bits, etc.
- to destroy something; to criticize somebody very strongly
摧毁；毁坏；猛烈抨击 - countries ripped apart by fighting
因战争而分裂的国家 - The dog had ripped a cushion to shreds.
那只狗把垫子撕成了碎片。
- The hounds fell on the fox and ripped it apart.
猎犬扑向狐狸，把它撕碎了。 - She'll rip you to pieces if you try to keep her cub from her.
如果你试图不让她的幼崽靠近她，她会把你撕成碎片。
- countries ripped apart by fighting