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separation

英 [sepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,sɛpə'reʃən]
  • n. 分离,分开;间隔,距离;[法] 分居;缺口

英英释意


1. the act of dividing or disconnecting
2. coming apart
3. the state of lacking unity
4. the distance between things;
"fragile items require separation and cushioning"
5. sorting one thing from others;
"the separation of wheat from chaff"
"the separation of mail by postal zones"
6. the social act of separating or parting company;
"the separation of church and state"
7. the space where a division or parting occurs;
"he hid in the separation between walls"
8. termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
9. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)