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no longer living with your husband, wife or partner （夫妻）分居的 his estranged wife Emma 他分居的妻子埃瑪 She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news. 她正試圖與分居的丈夫聯系，以透露這一消息。 He is being questioned in connection with the death of his estranged wife. 他因分居妻子的死亡而正受訊問。 She has been estranged from her husband since 1999. 自1999年起她就與丈夫分居了。
- estranged (from somebody)
no longer friendly or in contact with somebody （與某人）疏遠的，分手的 He became estranged from his family after the argument. 那場爭吵後他便與家人疏遠了。 Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years. 他們以前是親密的朋友，已經疏遠多年了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
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- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
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- from
- estranged (from something)
no longer involved in or connected with something, especially something that used to be important to you （尤指與過去某重要事物）脫離的，決裂的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
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- from
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French estranger, from Latin extraneare ‘treat as a stranger’, from extraneus ‘not belonging to the family’, used as a noun to mean ‘stranger’. Compare with strange + -ed.