compartmentalize

1. V-T To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections. 分開; 劃分

Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives. 過去，男人把他們的生活分開，不會讓個人生活乾擾職業(yè)生活。

2. compartmentalizedADJ

...the compartmentalized world of Japanese finance. ...日本財政中分開的世界。