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separate /ˈseprət/► SEE ALLgo your separate wayssort out/separate the men from the boyssort out/separate the sheep from the goatssort out/separate the wheat from the chaff ●go your separate ˈways (of two or more people 两个或两个以上的人) stop seeing each other socially, because you are living in different places, doing different jobs, etc. (因生活地点或工作不同而)各奔前程,劳燕分飞,不再来往◆After school we went our separate ways. 毕业后我们各奔前程。●sort out/separate the ˌmen from the ˈboysshow or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not 挑选有魄力(或能干、勇敢等)的人◆OK everybody, today we’re going to do a physical fitness test, which will soon sort out the men from the boys!大家注意,今天我们要进行体能测验,选出真正的男子汉!●sort out/separate the ˌsheep from the ˈgoatsseparate the good people from the bad people 辨别好人和坏人;区分良莠◆The exams at the end of the first year usually separate the sheep from the goats.第一学年的期末考试通常能区分优劣。 ORIGIN This comes from the belief that on Judgement Day (= the day the world ends) God will judge everybody who ever lived and decide who was good (= the sheep) and who was bad (= the goats). 这个习语源于一种观点,即上帝将在最后审判日(Judgement Day)裁决每一个人的好坏。●sort out/separate the ˌwheat from the ˈchaffseparate people or things of a better quality from those of a lower quality 识别优劣;分清好坏;去芜存菁◆When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.当所有申请表送来的时候,我们第一项任务是进行筛选。 NOTE Chaff is the outer covering of the seeds of grain such as wheat, which is separated from the grain before it is used. * chaff(糠)是诸如小麦(wheat)等谷物的种子的外壳,使用之前需与谷物分离。 |