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. 使分离; 使脱离

It seems harder and harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandals that surround Mr. Galdos. 看来总统越来越难以从缠绕盖尔多斯先生的丑闻中脱身。

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…分开[正式]

Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason. 第一堂课上他们学的几乎就是如何将情感和理智分开。