separation
noun uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
B2 [ U or S ]分离；分开
a situation in which two or more people or things are separated
During the war many couples had to endure long periods of separation (= not being together). 战争期间，很多夫妇不得不忍受长期分离之苦。
After many years the South African government finally abandoned its apartheid system of racial separation. 多年之后，南非政府最终废除了种族隔离制。
B2 [ C or U ]分居
an arrangement, often legal, by which two married people stop living together as a couple
Couples may agree to divorce each other after a separation. 分居之后，夫妻双方可以协议离婚。
They're considering separation as an option. 他们正在考虑选择分居。
- More examples
- the pain of separation
- One common cause of homelessness is separation or divorce.
- We thought we'd try a period of separation.
- In most cases, separation is followed by divorce.
- I suggested a trial separation.