isolate
隔离,孤立的,孤立,隔离的
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Definitions
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i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing.
- : to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- : Medicine/Medical. to keep from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
- : Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain in an uncombined or pure state.
- : Electricity. to insulate.
- : Television. to single out for a camera closeup.
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- : a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- : Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
- : Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
- : Also called language isolate. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
- : something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process: an isolate of soy flour.
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- : isolated; alone.
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Examples
Existing abusive relationships have worsened, and digital abuse has seen an uptick as people have grown increasingly isolated and spent more time online.
Meunier is typically considered the junior partner in the Champagne triumvirate alongside chardonnay and pinot noir, and when you isolate it as Prévost does, the results are totally distinct.
If players contract the virus the week before the NCAA tournament, there presumably wouldn’t be enough time for them to isolate, recover and return to play.
As to what the study could lead to in terms of actual interventions, the study’s authors note that it can help anticipate outcomes and isolate individuals from others who are at risk.
We’re being told that it’s safe for people to go to their jobs but we need to isolate at home as much as possible.
JUDNICK: My reaction is so visceral that I immediately, like you, isolate myself so I can breathe.
They are, after all, carefully selected “types,” and to isolate them runs the risk of seeing the book as an allegory.
We can do that because of two things: strong health care…and strong public health that can track contacts and isolate them.
Backed by NATO solidarity and economic sanctions with teeth, it just might isolate Putin enough that he backs off.
He made a decision to isolate himself, so I would ask did he think he was going to die when he realized he was exposed?
If now we wish to study one given form, it becomes necessary to isolate them from the others.
It is quite impossible to isolate children from every intimation of the erotic or the sexual.
It will be one of the future problems of plant and animal breeders to isolate and breed "mutants," as such organisms are called.
Do not allow two young children habitually to isolate themselves in their play.
Unfortunately I have yet been unable to isolate what causes the female principle here; so this is not a possibility yet.