apart

adverb

/əˈpɑːt/

/əˈpɑːrt/

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separated by a distance, of space or time（指空间或时间）相隔，相距
- The two houses stood 500 metres apart.两座房子相距 500 米。
- Their birthdays are only three days apart.他们的生日仅隔三日。
- (figurative) The two sides in the talks are still a long way apart (= are far from reaching an agreement).谈判双方的意见仍相去甚远。
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。
into pieces成碎片
- The whole thing just came apart in my hands.这整件东西偏偏在我手里破裂了。
- When his wife died, his world fell apart.他在妻子去世后万念俱灰。
- Within minutes the ship began to break apart.几分钟后，船开始解体。
- We had to take the engine apart.我们不得不拆卸了引擎。
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
- Victoria apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job.除了维多利亚，看来他们谁也不适合这个工作。

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。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

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.