1 away from sb/sth or each other; not together 相距;分开:
The doors slowly slid apart.两扇门慢慢地各自滑开。Stand with your feet apart.叉开两脚站着。The houses are ten metres apart.两幢房子相隔十米。I'm afraid our ideas are too far apart.恐怕我们的想法相差太远了。
2 into pieces 成碎片;支离破碎:
The material was so old that it just fell/came apart in my hands.这物料实在太旧,我一拿到手上就支离破碎了。
take sth apart to separate sth into pieces 拆开某物:
He took the whole bicycle apart.他将整架自行车拆开。tell A and B apart to see the difference between A and B 分辨(两者):
It's very difficult to tell the twins apart.很难辨别那对孪生儿。
apart/əˋpɑrt; əˈpɑːt/adv 1 if people or things are apart, they are not close to each other or touching each other〔人或物〕分开﹐相隔﹐相距: Plant the seeds 8 inches apart. 种植种子,间距八英寸。They have offices as far apart as India and Peru. 他们的办事处远至印度和秘鲁。He and his wife are now living apart . 他和他的妻子现在分开住。+from Tim and Kate sat together, slightly apart from the others. 蒂姆和凯特坐在一起﹐和其他人稍稍分开。2 if something comes apart, or if you take it apart, it separates into different pieces〔拆〕开﹐成零碎: He took the camera apart to clean it. 他把照相机拆开来清洁。3 if two events are a particular time apart, that is the length of time between them〔时间〕相差﹐相距: Our birthdays are only two days apart. 我们的生日只差两天。4 fall apart if something falls apart, it fails completely 彻底失败: His marriage fell apart. 他的婚姻破裂了。
apartadverb1away from the others; away from each other: The two houses are 500 metres apart. My mother and father live apart now.2into parts: He took my radio apart to repair it.apart from somebodyor somethingexcept for: There's nobody here, apart from me. I like all vegetables apart from carrots.