segregate

英 ['segr?ge?t] 美['s?ɡr?ɡet]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?segregates;過去式:?segregated;過去分詞:?segregated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?segregating;

1. se- "apart from" + greg- + -ate.
2. => separate from the flock.

segregate 分離，隔離

se-,分開，-greg,集群，成團(tuán)，詞源同 aggregate,gregarious.引申詞義分離，隔離等。

segregate: segregate: [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘a(chǎn)part’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16], and gregarious [17]).
=> aggregate, congregation, egregious, gregarious
segregate (v.): 1540s, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "set apart, lay aside; isolate; divide," literally "separate from the flock," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret (n.)) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious). Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners. In modern social context, "to force or enforce racial separation and exclusion," 1908. Related: Segregated; segregating.

1. They segregate you from the rest of the community.: 他們把你與社團(tuán)的其他成員隔離開。

2. The prognosis for producing a late generation segregate variety is favorable.: 預(yù)測(cè)從往后幾代可能分離出好的品種來.

3. Mixture of black powder and magnesium have a tendency to segregate.: 黑藥和鎂的混合物具有離析的傾向.