apart: [14] English acquired apart from Old French apart, where it was based on the Latin phrase ā parte ‘at or to the side’ (Latin pars, part- is the source of English part). By the time it came into English it already contained the notion of separation. => part
apart (adv.)
late 14c., from Old French à part "to the side," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + partem, accusative of pars "a side" (see part (n.)).
实用例句
1. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
不骗你，离开你让我痛苦万分。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.
许多校舍不安全，有些简直是摇摇欲坠。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy.
