They separated last year.

他们于去年分居了。

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Each one kept to his own opinion, and so they separated.

每个人都坚持自己的意见，所以他们就分开了。

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It is a long time after they separated, but it won't be long before they meet again.

他们已经分开很长时间了，但不久他们就会再次见面。

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During the flight, they separated the lunar lander from the command module and flew it for eight hours.

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The theory doesn't try to explain why they separated. We don't know Perhaps it was disaffection.

这一理论并着力解释他们为什么分离，我们不知道,也许是因为逆反之意。

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I've got two parameters, they're separated by a comma. Ah, right. Sorry?

我说的是什么？20和56对吧？注意格式,我有两个参数，它们由一个逗号隔开？

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They separated over a dispute about a job that left Brubeck and his family in poverty.

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Venter and Fraser began to tussle over the direction of TIGR, and they separated in 2004.

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They separated in 1999, after Hunter said she was too young to settle down.

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