| 单词 | isolated |
| 释义 | isolated (once / 456 pages) adj Isolated means far away from everyone or everything else. The hermit who lives on a remote island is isolated from the rest of the world, with nothing but coconuts and fish to keep him company. The word isolated comes from the Latin word insula, which means island. You don't have to be on a remote island to feel isolated, though. Even people who live in big cities can feel a sense of isolation if they don't have many friends and spend a lot of time alone. In addition to remote or set apart, isolated can mean a single event, or incident. The high school students assured their principal that the cafeteria food fight was an isolated incident, promising that it would never, ever happen again. WORD FAMILYisolated: isolatedly+/isolate: isolable, isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation/isolation: isolationism, isolations/isolationism: isolationist, isolationistic/isolationist: isolationists USAGE EXAMPLESHis contentious Twitter posts belie his relative calm when he is at Mar-a-Lago compared with when he is isolated inside Trump Tower. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “What totally got me were these women who were isolated and alone.” Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Isolated, proud Pyongyang uses a variant of the old system. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj remote and separate physically or socially tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization Syn apart, obscure unconnected not joined or linked together 2adj being or feeling set or kept apart from others "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson Syn detached, separated, set-apart separate independent; not united or joint 3adj under forced isolation especially for health reasons isolated patients Syn quarantined segregated, unintegrated separated or isolated from others or a main group 4adj marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements Syn disjunct separate independent; not united or joint 5adj cut off or left behind an isolated pawn Syn marooned, stranded unaccompanied being without an escort 6adj not close together in time isolated instances of rebellion Syn stray sporadic recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
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