separation
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/ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/
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/ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/
the act of keeping people or things apart, or the state of being apart
There should be a clear separation between work and personal life.
工作与个人生活之间应该有明确的分离。
a time when people are apart from each other
The long separation from his family made him sad.
与家人的长期分离让他感到悲伤。
when a married couple decides to live apart but are still married
They agreed to a trial separation to see if they could fix their marriage.
他们同意尝试分居,看看是否能修复他们的婚姻。