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.)).
雙語例句
1. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
有時候要到達谷底，才會慢慢變好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
不騙你，離開你讓我痛苦萬分。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.
許多校舍不安全，有些簡直是搖搖欲墜。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他倆的臉相隔還不到18英寸。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy.