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。