isolate的基本意思是“使…隔离,使…孤立,使…脱离”,多用于被动式,其后多接介词from。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
A chemist can isolate the oxygen from the hydrogen in water.化学家可以把水中的氢和氧分离开来。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
People with contagious diseases should be isolated.传染病患者应予以隔离。
People are isolated from each other.人们被分隔开来。
Several villages in the north have been isolated by heavy snowfalls.北方的几个村庄已被大雪封锁了。
The radical group in the ruling party is becoming increasingly isolated.执政党内的激进派变得愈来愈孤立。

isolate, insulate
参见insulate条。

［同义词］   disconnect, separate, set apart
［反义词］   combine, join, unite
［词源］＜法语isoler(使成为岛屿)