isolate
- cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others；place (a person or animal) in quarantine to prevent the spread of an infectious disease
- a person or thing that has been or become isolated；a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.
verb: isolate, 3rd person present: isolates, gerund or present participle: isolating, past tense: isolated, past participle: isolated
noun: isolate, plural noun: isolates
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動詞
- 1. cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others a country that is isolated from the rest of the world 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ place (a person or animal) in quarantine to prevent the spread of an infectious disease the best way to isolate sick fish is to set up a hospital tank 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ remain apart from others for a period of time, especially in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease the governor urged residents to isolate to limit the spread of the virus
- 2. identify (something) and examine or deal with it separately his difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network) engineers isolated the gas supply to the house
- ▪ cut off the electrical or other connection to (something, especially a part of a supply network).
- ▪ obtain or extract (a compound, microorganism, etc.) in a pure form the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it
名詞
- 1. a person or thing that has been or become isolated social isolates often become careless of their own welfare
- 2. a culture of microorganisms isolated for study.
- far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote: isolated farms and villages
Oxford American Dictionary
- far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote: isolated farms and villages
Oxford Dictionary
- having the effect of making a person feel or be alone or apart from others: working from your home office every day is isolating the acting industry can be isolating
Oxford American Dictionary
- having the effect of making a person feel or be alone or apart from others: working from your home office every day is isolating the acting industry can be isolating
Oxford Dictionary
- remain apart from others for a period of time, especially in order to avoid catching or ... employees with confirmed measles have been asked to self-isolate by staying in their homes I self-isolated for about two years because my immune system was so weak
Oxford Dictionary
- remain apart from others for a period of time, especially in order to avoid catching or ... employees with confirmed measles have been asked to self-isolate by staying in their homes I self-isolated for about two years because my immune system was so weak
Oxford American Dictionary
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- cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others: a country which is isolated from the rest of the world
- a person or thing that has been or become isolated: social isolates often become careless of their own welfare
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