isolate ['aɪ.sə.leɪt] verb transitive ■to separate something or someone from other things or people with which they are joined or mixed, or to keep them separate 隔离;孤立;分离•He was isolated from all the other prisoners.他被人从其他所有囚犯隔离开来。 •A high wall isolated the house from the rest of the village.一堵高墙将这栋房子与村庄的其他部分隔离开来。 •They tried to isolate (= find) the cause of the problem.他们试图找出问题的原因。 •specialized Virus particles were eventually isolated from the tissue.终于将病毒粒子与组织分离开了。 |