Please separate the clean clothes from the dirty ones. 请把干净的衣服和脏衣服分开。
Separate into:表示“分成几部分”。例如:
The cake can be separated into four pieces. 这个蛋糕可以分成四块。
Separate A from B by C:通过某种方式将A与B分开。例如:
We separated the wheat from the chaff by using a sieve. 我们用筛子把麦子和秕糠分开了。
Separate oneself from:表示“与……保持距离,与……脱离关系”。例如:
He separated himself from his family after the divorce. 离婚后,他与家人保持距离。
Separate out:表示“挑选出来,区分出来”。例如:
The good apples will separate out from the bad ones. 好苹果会从坏苹果中挑选出来。
二、Separate的用法总结
“Separate”作为形容词时,意为“分开的,单独的”,常用来修饰名词。例如:separate rooms(分开的房间),separate beds(单人床)。
在被动语态中,“separate”常与介词“from”连用,表示“被分开”。例如:The two pieces of glass were separated from each other by a layer of film.(两块玻璃被一层薄膜分开了。)
We can only speculate on the reasons for his resignation. 我们只能猜测他辞职的原因。
Speculate in:表示“在……方面投机”。例如:
He likes to speculate in the stock market. 他喜欢在股市投机。
四、Separate与Speculate的例句对比
Separate例句:The twins were separated at birth and didn't meet again until they were adults.(这对双胞胎出生时就被分开了,直到成年后才再次相见。)
Speculate例句:I wouldn't speculate on the outcome of the election. 我不会猜测选举的结果。