isolation

isolation
noun
  1. [mass noun]the process or fact of isolating or being isolated
    隔离;孤立;脱离;分离
    the isolation of older people.
    老年人的孤立。
    ■[count noun]an instance of isolating something, especially a compound or micro-organism
    (尤指对混合物或微生物的)离析;分离
    ■[as modifier]denoting a hospital or ward for patients with contagious or infectious diseases
    (患传染性疾病病人的)隔离医院;隔离病房
常用词组
in isolation
  1. without relation to other people or things; separately
    孤立地
    environmental problems must not be seen in isolation from social ones.
    不能脱离社会问题孤立地看待环境问题。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from isolate, partly on the pattern of French isolation
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