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separated by a distance, of space or time （指空间或时间）相隔，相距 -
not together; separate or separately 不在一起；分离；分开 We're living apart now. 我们现在不住在一起。 Over the years, Rosie and I had drifted apart. 多年以来，我和罗西早已疏远。 She keeps herself apart from other people. 她与其他人保持距离。 I can't tell the twins apart (= see the difference between them). 我分不出这一对双胞胎中谁是谁。
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into pieces 成碎片 used to say that somebody/something is not included in what you are talking about （指所说的不包括在内）除外
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin a parte ‘at the side’.
Idioms
be poles apart
to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share 天南地北；南辕北辙；截然相反 Her own friends were poles apart from his. 她自己的朋友与他截然不同。 In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart. 她和姐姐的性情截然相反。
be worlds apart
to be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc. （在态度、看法等方面）有天壤之别，截然不同 Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life. 尽管他们是双胞胎，他们的人生观却完全不同。
joking apart (British English)joking aside (British English, North American English)
used to show that you are now being serious after you have said something funny 言归正传；说正经的
rip somebody/something apart/to shreds/to bits, etc.
to destroy something; to criticize somebody very strongly 摧毁；毁坏；猛烈抨击 countries ripped apart by fighting 因战争而分裂的国家 The dog had ripped a cushion to shreds. 那只狗把垫子撕成了碎片。
Extra ExamplesThe hounds fell on the fox and ripped it apart. 猎犬扑向狐狸，把它撕碎了。 She'll rip you to pieces if you try to keep her cub from her. 如果你试图不让她的幼崽靠近她，她会把你撕成碎片。