【句子】During your separation from your husband, did you have a relationship with Mr. Williams? 【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音技巧】did you音的同化；have a连读；

【翻译】在你跟你丈夫分居期间，你是否跟威廉姆斯先生在交往？

今天学习一下separation当做“分居”这个意思的用法。

大家都知道separation来自动词separate“分离”；

separation表示“分居”的时候，对应什么样的英文解释呢？

一起来看看：a decision that a husband and wife make to live apart while they are still legally married

“法律层面上两个人依旧是夫妻关系，但是俩人已经下定决心不在一起生活了”；

eg: a legal separation

合法分居

eg: Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage.

有60%的分居发生在婚姻第十年之前。

eg: Couples may agree to divorce each other after a separation.

夫妻可能会在分居之后同意离婚。

eg: They're considering separation as an option.

他们正在考虑分居的事情。

eg: In September, he announced the couple’s separation on Twitter.

九月份的时候，他在推特上宣布了这对夫妻分居的消息。

eg: She wondered if Harry had been unfaithful to her during this long separation.

她想知道哈利在这么长时间的分居期间是否对她不忠。

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They decided on a trial separation.

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