一秒钟记个单词“isolate”

No.70 isolate
i so late → 我 太 晚了
“今天我来太晚了”
“你今天怎么来这么晚啊?你自个玩吧你!”
(因回来晚被孤立)
正式释义:isolate
v. 使隔离,使孤立;分离(某物)
adj. 孤立的 ;单独的;隔离的
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词根:isol表示 “岛屿”
拆分:isol 岛屿 + ate 动词缀,使…
→ 使其成为岛屿 (向岛屿一样孤立)
→ 孤立
固定搭配:
isolate sb from…
使某人脱离/ 隔离某人
例句:
动词 (及物动词)
1a. 使(某人或某物)隔离
The people with cholera were isolated immediately.
感染霍乱的人立即被隔离了。
They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates.
他们把政治犯与其他犯人隔离开来。
US President Biden said he was “doing great” after testing positive for COVID-19 at the age of 79, vowing to continue to work while isolating at the White House with only mild symptoms. (选自Channel News Asia报道)
79 岁的美国总统拜登新冠检测结果呈阳性。他自称“身体状况非常好”,症状轻微,并郑重承诺将在白宫隔离期间带病继续工作。(张开源 译)
1b. 使(某人或某物)孤立
The old man built a huge fence to isolate himselfs from his neighbors.
老人筑起了一道巨大的篱笆,将自己和邻居隔绝开来。
He felt entirely isolated from society.
他感到与社会完全隔绝。
2. 【化学】分离(某物)
The chemist managed to isolate the compound.
化学家设法分离出这种化合物。