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separate lives

更新时间:2026-06-13 12:43:20   栏目: 在线翻译

separate lives 的音标为 /ˈsepərət laɪvz/(英式/美式通用)。这一短语核心含义是“各自独立的生活状态”,既可以指物理上的分离(如分居),也可表示情感或社交层面的隔阂,常见于描述关系疏远的个体或群体。例如,伴侣分房居住、家庭成员虽同住但缺乏交流,都可称为“leading separate lives”。

用法解析

语境适用
多用于人际关系场景,尤其是亲密关系(如夫妻、家人、朋友)中逐渐产生隔阂的状态。它强调“共存但独立”的矛盾性,例如同一屋檐下的家人“各过各的生活”。

常见搭配

动词+separate lives:lead/live separate lives(过着各自的生活)、have separate lives(拥有独立生活)

介词搭配:live separate lives under one roof(同一屋檐下分居)

例句

三年来,他们完全是各过各的生活。
For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.

无休止的争吵和分房睡让这对夫妇过着“分居”生活。
Endless fights and sleeping in separate bedrooms have left the couple living two "separate lives."

兴趣不同并不意味着你和父亲必须各自为政。
Having different interests doesn't mean you and your dad have to lead separate lives.

我们正面临成为“孤立民族”的危机——家庭在同一屋檐下却彼此隔绝。
We are in danger of becoming a nation of isolates, of families living separate lives under one roof.

他们从七月开始讨论分手,之后便开始分开生活。
We had been talking about splitting up since July and had been leading separate lives.

蝴蝶在变成飞虫前,经历过三种不同的生命阶段。
Butterflies live three separate lives before becoming flying insects.

是因为我们各过各的生活,还是谎言毁了一切?
Because we were leading separate lives? Or was it all the lying that did us in?

经济衰退迫使越来越多夫妇在同一屋檐下“分居”。
Money problems have forced couples to live separate lives under the same roof.

尽管不同种族各有生活,共同的信仰让他们团结。
Although they live separate lives, the people are united by shared beliefs.

分班后,我们见面变少,聊天话题也成了各自的生活。
After entering separate classes, we met less often and chatted about our separate lives.

词义拓展

近义表达:live apart(物理分居)、estrange from each other(情感疏远)

反义概念:share a life together(共同生活)、interconnected lives(紧密相连的生活)

这一短语揭示了现代人际关系的复杂性:物理距离与情感疏离未必正相关,而“separate lives”往往是关系破裂的信号,而非独立的健康状态。你是否见过同一空间中“咫尺天涯”的相处模式?这或许正是“separate lives”最现实的写照。