separated by a distance or by time

Stand with your feet wide apart. 两腿叉开站立，双脚间距要大。

How far apart should the speakers be? 两个喇叭应相距多远？

We were asked to stand in two lines three metres apart. 要求我们站成间距为3米的两排。

The two lines of children moved slowly apart. 那两队孩子慢慢分开了。

The garage, large enough for two cars, is set apart from (= not joined to) the house. 足够停放两辆车的车库与主宅分开搭建。

I forget the exact age difference between Mark and his brother - they're two or three years apart. 我记不太清楚马克和他弟弟差几岁了——不是两岁就是三岁。

into smaller pieces

My jacket is so old it's falling apart. 我的夹克太旧了，都穿烂了。

I took the motor apart (= separated it into pieces) to see how it worked. 我把发动机拆开了，想看看它是怎样运转的。

except for or not considering

He works until nine o'clock every evening, and that's quite apart from the work he does over the weekend. 他每晚工作到9点，且不说周末还要加班。

Apart from the salary/Salary apart, it's not a bad job. 不考虑薪水的话，这工作还不错。

Apart from you and me/You and me apart, I don't think there was anyone there under 30. 除了你我二人，我想当时那儿没有谁年龄在30以下了。

living or staying in a different place from the person that you are married to or have a close relationship with

When you're apart you rely so heavily on the phone. 你们要是分居两地，那就真的离不开电话了。