单词 | isolation |
释义 | isolation/ʌɪsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun] 1The process or fact of isolating or being isolated: isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety...
Synonyms separation, segregation, setting apart, keeping apart; quarantine; insulation, seclusion, closeting, protection, shielding, partitioning solitariness, loneliness, friendlessness, lack of contact, (sense of) exile, aloneness remoteness, seclusion, loneliness, inaccessibility 1.1 [as modifier] Denoting a hospital or ward for patients with contagious or infectious diseases.His wife sent him to the local isolation hospital but no patients would share the same ward with him....
1.2 [count noun] An instance of isolating something, especially a compound or microorganism.National Institute of Virology, Pune has carried out serological investigations and virus isolations in different parts of the country....
Phrasesin isolation OriginMid 19th century: from isolate, partly on the pattern of French isolation. |
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