[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
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
mid 19th cent.: from isolate, partly on the pattern of French isolation