isolate
verb[T]
uk/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/us/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/toseparatesomething from other things with which it isconnectedormixed:
隔离;孤立;分离A highwallisolated thehousefromtherestof thevillage.一堵高墙将这栋房子与村庄的其他部分隔离开来。
Theytriedto isolate(=find)thecauseof theproblem.他们试图找出问题的原因。
specializedVirusparticleswereeventuallyisolatedfromthetissue.终于将病毒粒子与组织分离开了。
tokeepapersonoranimalseparatefrom otherpeopleoranimalsby putting them in a differentplace:
隔离(人或动物)He was isolatedfromall the otherprisoners.他被与其他所有囚犯隔离开来。
to put aperson,country, ororganizationin asituationwhere they areseenas beingseparate:
孤立(人、国家或组织)Thispolicywill isolateminoritygroupsandpreventintegration.这一政策将孤立少数人群社区,阻碍融合。
Isolating and separating
- at one/this etc. removeidiom
- Brexit
- compartmentalization
- compartmentalize
- conesomethingoff
- disengage
- estrangement
- free-floating
- hard Brexitidiom
- insulation
- insulator
- ropesomething/somewhereoff
- screensomethingoff
- seclude
- segregate
- self-isolation
- wrench
- wrenching
- zonal
- zonally