We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way.
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vt.& vi. 分開(kāi);（使）分離;區(qū)分;隔開(kāi);
vt. 分離（混合物）;分居;分類;割開(kāi);
vi. 分手;斷裂;（夫妻）分居;斷絕關(guān)系;
?? separ分離 + ate 形容詞后綴 具有...的 → adj.分離的；個(gè)別的
"Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat."
生肉和熟肉必須分開(kāi)存放。
近義：isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
反義：articulate, link, rabbet, splice, stick, tie
adj. 自主的;不相關(guān)連的;無(wú)黨派的;不相干的人所做的（或提供的）;
n. 獨(dú)立自主的人;無(wú)黨派人士;
?? in不+depend依靠+ent...的 → 不依靠的 → 獨(dú)立的
"The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses."
此證據(jù)由兩名獨(dú)立證人提供。
近義：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
反義：associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant, secondary
adj. 自由的;免費(fèi)的;免稅的;空閑的;
adv. 免費(fèi)地;自由地，無(wú)拘束地;一帆風(fēng)順地;
vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義：liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反義：immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
n. 鏈子，鏈條;連鎖，連續(xù);拘束;連鎖店或旅館系列的事物;
vt. 用鐵鏈鎖住;監(jiān)禁，束縛;
?? 表鏈拆(chai)哪(n)兒了？
"a short length of chain"
一截短鏈條
近義：join, link, oppress, shackle, catenate, enchain
反義：manumit, unshackle, unshoe, deliver, emancipate
n. 方法（ mean的名詞復(fù)數(shù)）;手段;收入;財(cái)富;
v. 意味著（ mean的第三人稱單數(shù)）;引起;打算或注定要某人成為或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
調(diào)查之事遠(yuǎn)未蓋棺定論。
近義：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy