Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
separate [adj ˈsɛprɪt]
[vb ˈsɛpəreɪt]
I adj
[+ section, piece, pile] 分开(開)的 fēnkāi de
[+ occasion, incident] 不同的 bùtóng de
[+ existence, organization, species, entity] 独(獨)立的 dúlì de
[+ rooms] 单(單)独(獨)的 dāndú de
[+ issue, question] 不相关(關)的 bù xiāngguān de
[+ occasion, incident] 不同的 bùtóng de
[+ existence, organization, species, entity] 独(獨)立的 dúlì de
[+ rooms] 单(單)独(獨)的 dāndú de
[+ issue, question] 不相关(關)的 bù xiāngguān de
II vt
1
(=split up)
[+ people, things] 分开(開) fēnkāi
[+ people, things] 分开(開) fēnkāi
2
(=make a distinction between)
[+ ideas, facts] 区(區)分 qūfēn
[+ ideas, facts] 区(區)分 qūfēn
3
(=exist between) 分隔 fēngé
III vi
1
(=move apart) 分开(開) fēnkāi
2
(=split up)
[parents, couple] 分居 fēnjū
[parents, couple] 分居 fēnjū
3
(also: separate out) [mixture, sauce, colours] 分离(離) fēnlí
IV
separates n pl (=clothes) 单(單)件衣物 dān jiàn yīwù
[+ husband, wife]分居 fēnjū
(=make different)将(將)某物与(與)某物区(區)分 jiāng mǒuwù yǔ mǒuwù qūfēn
(=form a barrier between) 把某物与(與)某物分隔 bǎ mǒuwù yǔ mǒuwù fēngé
separates n pl (=clothes) 单(單)件衣物 dān jiàn yīwù
- they went their separate ways
(to different places) 他们(們)分道扬(揚)镳(鑣)了 tāmen fēn dào yáng biāo le (=ended their relationship) 他们(們)分手了 tāmen fēnshǒu le - to keep sth separate from
将(將)某物与(與)…分开(開) jiāng mǒuwù yǔ…fēnkāi - to remain separate from
保持与(與)…分离(離) bǎochí yǔ…fēnlí - to separate from
[+ object, surface]与(與)…分开(開) yǔ…fēnkāi
[+ husband, wife]
- to separate sth from sth
(=move apart) 把某物与(與)某物分开(開) bǎ mǒuwù yǔ mǒuwù fēnkāi (=make a distinction between)把某物从(從)某物中识(識)别(別)出来(來) bǎ mǒuwù cóng mǒuwù zhōng shíbié chūlái
(=make different)
(=form a barrier between) 把某物与(與)某物分隔 bǎ mǒuwù yǔ mǒuwù fēngé
- to be separated
[couple] 分居 fēnjū
- to separate (people/things) into groups
将(將)(人/物)分成组(組) jiāng (rén/wù) fēnchéng zǔ