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no longer living with your husband, wife or partner （夫妻）分居的 his estranged wife Emma 他分居的妻子埃玛 She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news. 她正试图与疏远的丈夫联系以发布消息。 He is being questioned in connection with the death of his estranged wife. 他因分居妻子的死亡而正受讯问。 She has been estranged from her husband since 1999. 自1999年起她就与丈夫分居了。
- estranged (from somebody)
no longer friendly or in contact with somebody （与某人）疏远的，分手的 He became estranged from his family after the argument. 那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。 🔊🔊 Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years. 他们以前是好朋友，彼此之间已经疏远了很多年。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
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- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
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- from
- estranged (from something)
no longer involved in or connected with something, especially something that used to be important to you （尤指与过去某重要事物）脱离的，决裂的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
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- from
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French estranger, from Latin extraneare ‘treat as a stranger’, from extraneus ‘not belonging to the family’, used as a noun to mean ‘stranger’. Compare with strange + -ed.