| 单词 | isolation |
| 释义 | isolationisolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable] 1a feeling of being lonely and unable to meet or speak to other people: isolation from her isolation from her family and friends2a situation in which an area, country, or group has little contact with other areas, countries, or groups: Because of its isolation, the island developed its own culture.3medicine the process or state of keeping a patient separate from other patients so that infections are not passed from one patient to another: Your father is being kept in isolation until we know what is wrong.4the process or state of keeping a prisoner separate from other prisoners, usually as a severe punishment: He is being held in isolation until his trial.5the act of deliberately separating one group, person, or thing from others, or the state of being separate: isolation from the country’s isolation from the rest of the world6in isolation if you consider something in isolation from other things, you consider it separately from them: isolation from We should not consider science in isolation from economics.7splendid isolation humorous used to say that someone or something is noticeably separated or different from other people or things: The statue stands in splendid isolation in the middle of a busy road. |
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