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BNC: 2419 COCA: 1971

apart

Word family 
a·part /əˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ ●●● S2 W1 adverbadv , adjective  
1  DISTANCEnot close/touching 不靠近/接触 if things are apart, they are not close to each other or touching each other 〔空间〕分开（的），相距（的），相隔（的）
two miles/six feet etc apart
 Place the two posts 6 metres apart.
把这两根桩相隔6米立好。
 They have offices in countries as far apart as India and Peru.
他们的办事处远至印度、秘鲁等国。
 The police try to keep rival supporters apart at all matches.
警方在所有的比赛中都设法将双方的支持者分开。
 A couple of men started fighting and we had to pull them apart.
几名男子打起架来，我们不得不将他们拉开。
 Joel stood apart from the group, frowning.
乔尔皱着眉头，独自站在一边。
2  in different pieces 散开；碎开 if something comes apart, or you take it apart, it is separated into different pieces 成零碎（的）
 The whole thing comes apart so that you can clean it.
整个东西可以拆开，以便清洗。
 They took the engine apart to see what was wrong.
他们把发动机拆开检查故障。
3  SEPARATEseparate 分开 if you keep things apart, you keep them separate from each other 分开（的）
 I try to keep my work and private life as far apart as possible.
我设法把工作和私生活尽可能分开。
4  TIMEnot at same time 不在同一时间PERIOD OF TIME if things are a particular time apart, they do not happen at the same time but have that much time between them 〔时间〕相隔（的），相距（的）
two days/three weeks/five years etc apart
 Our birthdays are exactly a month apart.
我们俩的生日正好相差一个月。
5  SEPARATEpeople 人们 if people are apart, they are not together in the same place, or not having a relationship with each other 分离（的），分开（的）
 The children have never been apart before.
孩子们以前从来没有分开过。
 My wife and I are living apart at the moment.
目前我和妻子分居。
apart from
 He’s never been apart from his mother.
他从未离开过母亲。
56 fall apart
a) if something falls apart, it breaks into different pieces 破碎
 It just fell apart in my hands!
它好端端地就在我手里碎了！
b) if something is falling apart, it is in very bad condition 破旧不堪
 He drives around in an old car that’s falling apart.
他开一辆快散架的老汽车东奔西跑。
c) if something falls apart, it fails completely 破裂；崩溃
 He lost his job and his marriage fell apart.
他失业了，婚姻也破裂了。
 The country’s economy is in danger of falling apart.
该国经济面临崩溃。
7  fall apart phrasal verbphr v 
na) EFFECTIVEif an organization, system, relationship etc falls apart, it stops being effective or successful
 Don’t be reckless or your plans may fall apart.
 The health service is falling apart at the seams.
nb) be falling apartCONDITION/STATE OF something to be in very bad condition
 Tommy’s old bicycle was rusty and falling apart.
nc) BREAKto break into pieces
 The book fell apart in my hands.
nd) FAILto be unable to deal with your personal or emotional problems
 She had to get some rest or she was going to fall apart.
ne) somebody’s world/life falls apart if someone’s world or life falls apart, something very bad and serious happens which changes their life
 When his wife left him, his world fell apart.
→ fall
Examples from the Corpus
fall apart• Over the period of the Hinkley C Inquiry, those claims finally fell apart.• There were gasps, moans, long pauses, the sound of tears falling, and of a man falling apart.• To this day I credit James's persistence in not letting us slip away or fall apart.• Within days, the historic deal inexplicably fell apart.• But everything fell apart and Shields began to slice through a non-existent home midfield.• The Soviet Union fell apart in 1991.• Finally, there had been the last few months, when everything had fallen apart with such shattering swiftness.
falling apart at the seams• Our department is falling apart at the seams.• It was symptomatic of a system going soft, falling apart at the seams.
be falling apart• I need some new shoes. These are falling apart.• The Underground seemed to be falling apart.• That car of yours is falling apart.• She liked her old apartment, but the neighborhood was falling apart.• The 911 system is falling apart.• Everything was falling apart, and I didn't know how to stop it.• How does a man even try to explain that he is falling apart because he doesn't kill people any more?• San Diego's public buildings are falling apart, but the city refuses to do anything about it.• But things were falling apart much earlier than expected.• Mukhamedov's defection two years ago, just as Communism was falling apart, will not be forgiven in a hurry.
somebody’s world/life falls apart• When your world falls apart, do you get mad, get out or get even?
8  be torn apart if a marriage, family etc is torn apart, it can no longer continue because of serious difficulties 〔婚姻、家庭等〕被摧毁
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be torn apart• He was torn apart as health and social security secretary and suffered demotion before resigning.• Parents who objected were torn apart as heretics.• The spaceship would be torn apart by infinitely strong forces.• He would be torn apart by the difference between the gravitational force on his head and his feet.• In practice instruments could not survive such a journey; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients.• We have players in the league whose families, let alone countries, are torn apart by war.• Before their lives were torn apart, they were a happy family.• The political structures were torn apart until the very foundations were rocked.
9  be worlds/poles apart DIFFERENTif people, beliefs, or ideas are worlds or poles apart, they are completely different from each other 完全不同，截然相反
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be worlds/poles apart• But his method of filming and Huston's were worlds apart.• Physically they were almost identical, but psychologically they were worlds apart.• The two feelings were poles apart.• Their childhoods, like almost everything else about them, were poles apart.• Watching somebody and actually killing them are worlds apart.• You all say that but the truth is, the theory and the practice are worlds apart.• Our views may be poles apart but they're not saboteurs.• The results are poles apart in terms of character ... each room has a distinctive style of its own.
10  grow/drift apart SEPARATEif people drift or grow apart, their relationship slowly becomes less close 逐渐疏远
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grow/drift apart• I think Dan and Tina just grew apart.• Instead, it was suggested the couple, who married in their early 20s, had simply grown up and grown apart.• We grew up, went off to different places, drifted apart.• Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.• Such barrenness is the inevitable outcome where two people are growing apart and out of love.• Work-inhibited students have not grown apart from their parents and become independent.• If there is any twosome in a family likely to drift apart, it is a pair of brothers.• Later in life, Lewis and his father drifted apart, never to be reconciled.
11  joking apart SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGused to say that you want to say something seriously 说正经的，不开玩笑
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joking apart• Peter joking apart have the tories done themselves any good this week?• Joking apart, I do feel somebody should tell him what we think. It's for his own good.
12  somebody/something apart except for someone or something 某人/某事物除外
13  set somebody/something apart to make someone or something different from other people or things 使某人/某物与众不同
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set somebody/something apart• Such seriousness and ambition in a very young man set him apart.• BAs gloomy as this prospect might be, it also set us apart.• A penchant for setting oneself apart and above mere mortals.• Such seriousness, intensity, and power in a young man set him apart and left an impression on others.• I was the first, but beyond that I see nothing to set me apart from anyone else.• The new software was a unique tool that set the Microsoft Network apart from other commercial online services.• What sets it apart is where it comes from.• They seemed to bend at the knee, setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved.• What set it apart was the way irrigation and power production were linked.
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apart• The two towns are fifteen miles apart.• I hate it when we're apart.• Since the universe began, the galaxies have gradually moved further apart.• Stand on the skis with your feet well apart.• The seeds should be planted a few inches apart.• The two cities are less than 30 km apart.• The National Weather Service is forecasting snow in cities as far apart as Atlanta, Boston, and Cleveland.• The two sets of rival fans had to be kept apart by the police.• Jo and Sam decided to try living apart for a while.• We were standing a few feet apart from each other.• Helen noticed one little boy standing apart from the rest of the group.
pull ... apart• He does this by holding his hands together and trying to pull them apart.• Jamie must have liked the way Eva tidied it, because he has not yet pulled the place apart.• Radical restructuring could work only if Sam had people on his side, pulling together instead of pulling the company apart.• Timmy says much the same thing but with less diplomacy, writing that harsh criticism and negativity are pulling the team apart.• The other big one pulled the crowd apart and grabbed McMurphy around the arms from behind.• Of most concern is getting the best sound out of the instrument without the strings pulling it apart and needing returning too often.• Maybe he does not pull it apart, maybe it just disintegrates.• Unlike many countries that pull themselves apart, Sri Lanka was not artificially put together.
took ... apart• Lowly Nottingham took them to task ... and took them apart ... 26-14.• Every time I went through an airport security system it was me they took apart.• For example, he hid his underpants in the lavatory, and took the cooker apart.• We stopped singing and took a step apart.• The police took his house apart looking for possible clues after she vanished from a leisure centre car park.• I took his apart, saw right away what was wrong with it, and fixed it then and there.
apart from• This is an excellent piece of work, apart from a couple of spelling mistakes.• I check out your web page everyday as apart from a decent cup of tea I miss my Sun newspaper badly!• Families may be forced to sit apart from each other.• Apart from going swimming occasionally, I don't get much exercise.• Finally, apart from one small reference, the analysis never examines the relationship between collective protest and internal war.• The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.• Apparently he would watch any sport, however obscure, apart from rugby league, which he just could not stick.• Still he did not move, apart from shrugging again.• He had good reason, apart from the appeal of her look and manner.• The trouble is that they have not learned to be secure and capable apart from their parents.• Great Groups tend to be islands of excellence that exist apart from their surroundings.
Origin apart
(1300-1400) Old French a part “to the side”
a·part adverbadv
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