[with obj.]cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others 使隔离;使孤立;使脱离 a country which is isolated from the rest of the world. 一个与世隔绝的国度。 ■identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately 孤立地确定并观察(或处理) you can't isolate stress from the management context. 你不能把压力从管理的大环境中孤立出来看待。 ■(Chemistry & Biology)obtain or extract (a compound, micro-organism, etc.) in a pure form (化,生)使离析;使分离 ■cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network) 使绝缘 ■place (a person or animal) in quarantine as a precaution against infectious or contagious disease 使隔离(免受疾病传染)
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a person or thing which has been or become isolated 被隔离的人(或物) social isolates often become careless of their own welfare. 与社会隔绝的人往往对他们自己的福利毫不关心。 ■(Biology)a culture of micro-organisms isolated for study (生)(用于研究的)分离菌,隔离群