separation

separation
noun
[mass noun]

the action or state of moving or being moved apart
分开；分离
the damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children.
父母与子女分离可能产生的伤害。
■the state in which a husband and wife remain married but live apart
（夫妻）分居。参见legal separation（义项1）
legal grounds for divorce or separation.
离婚或分居的合法理由。
[count noun]she and her husband have agreed to a trial separation.
她与丈夫同意试分居。
the division of something into constituent or distinct elements
分；分成
prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs.
分成有意义的段落的，再分析成短句的散文。
■the process of distinguishing between two or more things
辨别；区分
religion involved the separation of the sacred and the profane.
宗教涉及区分神圣和亵渎。
[count noun]the constitution imposed a clear separation between Church and state.
宪法清楚地规定了政教分离。
■the process of sorting and then extracting or removing a specified substance for use or rejection
离析
■short for colour separation
colour separation的简称
■(亦作 stereo separation)distinction or difference between the signals carried by the two channels of a stereophonic system
（立体声系统的）通道分隔
■(Physics & Aeronautics)the generation of a turbulent boundary layer between the surface of a body and a moving fluid, or between two fluids moving at different speeds
(物理，航天)流体分离

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separation of powers

an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government in separate bodies
（政府中）立法、行政、司法三权分立

语源

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin separatio(n-), from separare 'disjoin, divide' (see separate)

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