three days apart

three days apart.他们的生日仅隔三日。◊ (//；gwraf/Ve) The two sides in the talks are still a long way apart (- are far from reaching an agreement)•谈判双务的意见仍相去甚远。2 not together; separate or separately 不:在一'起；分离；’分开We’re Hvi’ng apart now.我们现女不住在一起。◊ Over the years，Rode ancTJ had! dnyted apart. 多牵以来，我和罗西早已疏远。◊ Shte fceeps hersd/ apart 介om other peopie•她与其他人保持距离。◊ J can’t teH the twins apart (= see the difference between them). 我分不出这一对双胞胎中谁是谁。3 into pieces成碎片： The whole thing just came apart in my hands. 3^ ® # 东西偏偏在我手鱼破裂了 :。◊ Wie had to tafce the engine apart. 们示得不卸下引擎。◊ Mien his m/e died, his wortd /eH apart.他在妻子去世后万念俱灰。4 used to say that sb/sth is not included in what you are talking about (指所说的不包括在内）除外：CoHn apart, not one 0/ them seems suftaWe /or. the job•除了科杯，看来他们丰谁也不适合这个工作。see joke v., pole n.,

RIP V., WORLD

3¹ part from 〇-w (also a’side from especially in NAmE) prep.

1 except for 除了…外（都）；要不是：I’ve finished the kwt questfon.除了最后一道题，義全做完 ,j.。² in addition to; as well as 除了…外（还）；此夕卜；力 Q 之：Apart from their house in London, they also have a viHa in Spain•他们在伦敦有一座房子，此外在西班牙还有一座别墅。◊ ft was a d断cuZt time. Apart介om everytWng eke, we had_/iinancfaZ proWems.当时是困难时期。别的一切都不说，我们财政上也有问题。◊YbuVe got to help. Apart from anything else you're my brother. ^ 得帮忙。fij的不说，你总归是我兄弟_D 〇 note at besides apartheid /a’pa:tait; .eit; 9，pa:rtait; -eit/ now/? [u] the former political system in South Africa in which only white people had full political rights and other people, especially black people, were forced to live away from white people, go to separate schools, etc. 种族隔离(前南非政府推行的政策） apart-hotel /a'paithautel; NAmE a'pairthoutel/ noun a type of hotel that has apartments where you can cook your own meals as well as ordinary hotel rooms 公寓旅馆，公寓酒店（有带厨房的公寓和普通客房）_ apart-ITient 〇"w/3'pa:tmant; /V/\m£0'pa:rt-,

1 [especially NAm£) a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building (通常指在同一楼层的 > 公着套房一compare condominium, flat n.(l) 2 a set of rooms used for a holiday/vacation (度假用的）_:公寓套 />；： sei/-catering hdiday apartments 自己弁伙的度假套 3 [usually pi.] (fir£) a room in a house, especially a large or famous house (尤增巨屋、名宅的）房间：y〇u can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments•整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。 a’partment block (B/f) (/VAmf a‘partment buHdingD noun a large building with flats/apartments on each floor 公寓大楼一 picture o pace R23 a'partment hotel noun (NAm£) a hotel that has apartments which you can rent for long or short periods of time公寓式旅馆，公寓式酒店（可供长期或短期租用）

a'partment house noun (US) a small apartment block

(小的）$寓楼

apa-thet-ic /.aepa'Getik/ adj. showing no interest or enthusiasm 蛉逢；淡漠；充动于衷：The fHness made her apathetic and unwilling to meet people.

漠，禾愿见人。► apa；thet-ic-al*ly/,aepa^,0etikli/ adv. ap-athy /'aepaGi/ noun [U] the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about anything ^ ^;淡漠： rhere is widespread apathy among the eZectorate•选民普遍态度冷淡。

apato-saurus /a.paeta'soiras/ (also bron-to-saurus) noun a very large dinosaur with a long neck and tail

谬龙（长颈长尾的巨型恐龙）

APB /,ei pi: ‘bi:/ all-points bulletin 全面

警戒通告

ape/erp/ noun, verb

mnoun a large animal like a monkey, with no tail. There are different types of ape.类人猿：the great apes (= for example, orang-utans or chimpanzees)大型类人猿

(如造猩、黑猩猩）go 'ape/'apeshit {slang, espe-