dissociate

1. V-T If you dissociate yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame. 使分離; 使脫離

It seems harder and harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandals that surround Mr. Galdos. 看來總統(tǒng)越來越難以從纏繞蓋爾多斯先生的丑聞中脫身。

2. V-T If you dissociate one thing from another, you consider the two things as separate from each other, or you separate them. 把…分開[正式]

Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason. 第一堂課上他們學的幾乎就是如何將情感和理智分開。