separation

n.

分离；分居；缺口；分隔线；[化]离析；【航】间隔

separation

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 pision 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 piding or disconnecting

separation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。

separation近义词

parting disjunction partition pision porce disconnection estrangement rift split departure breakup leave-taking goodbye detachment farewell severance split-up withdrawal breach pergence dissociation disassociation cleavage porcement isolation bust-up dichotomy subpision ramification segmentation removal secession disunion dissolution rend branching bifurcation dismemberment rupture break fracture fork segregation panel gulf abstraction selection solitude of point demarcation line line of demarcation point of departure legal separation interval