apart /əˈpɑ:t/ adv. 1.相距，相隔：Their houses are two miles apart. 他们的房子相隔两英里。 They should be as far apart as possible. 他们应该尽可能离远一点。2.(分)开，离开：During that time we were never apart. 在那个时候，我们从来没有分开过。He was standing with his feet wide apart. 他两脚叉开站着。 3. 用于习语 apart from 1. 除…之外(=besides): Apart from the cost, it will take a lot of time. 此事除了费钱，还要花好多时间。 Apart from that, he had no private income. 除了那,他没有私人收入。 2.除…外(尚有)，只是…(否则) (=except for): Apart from that, all goes well.除了那个，一切发展顺利。I think you have a real dramatic gift apart from this defect. 我认为要不是这个大缺陷，你就有了一件十分令人注目的礼物了。fall apart 散开，拆散，分崩离析：At the end, the car was practically falling apart. 最后汽车实际已全部拆散了。set apart存储，放在一边：He set some money apart for a vacation each year. 每年他都为假期存储一部分钱。take apart 拆卸开：The boy took the watch apart to see how it runs. 这个孩子把表拆开看看它是怎么走的。