一秒鐘記個單詞“isolate”

No.70 isolate
i so late → 我 太 晚了
“今天我來太晚了”
“你今天怎么來這么晚?。磕阕詡€玩吧你!”
(因回來晚被孤立)
正式釋義:isolate
v. 使隔離,使孤立;分離(某物)
adj. 孤立的 ;單獨的;隔離的
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詞根:isol表示 “島嶼”
拆分:isol 島嶼 + ate 動詞綴,使…
→ 使其成為島嶼 (向島嶼一樣孤立)
→ 孤立
固定搭配:
isolate sb from…
使某人脫離/ 隔離某人
例句:
動詞 (及物動詞)
1a. 使(某人或某物)隔離
The people with cholera were isolated immediately.
感染霍亂的人立即被隔離了。
They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates.
他們把政治犯與其他犯人隔離開來。
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. (選自Channel News Asia報道)
79 歲的美國總統(tǒng)拜登新冠檢測結(jié)果呈陽性。他自稱“身體狀況非常好”,癥狀輕微,并鄭重承諾將在白宮隔離期間帶病繼續(xù)工作。(張開源 譯)
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籬笆,將自己和鄰居隔絕開來。
He felt entirely isolated from society.
他感到與社會完全隔絕。
2. 【化學】分離(某物)
The chemist managed to isolate the compound.
化學家設(shè)法分離出這種化合物。