[VERB 动词]将…隔离(以免受外界影响) If a person or group is insulated from the rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from them.
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They wonder if their community is no longer insulated from big city problems...
他们在想是否大城市的问题离自己的社区也已经不再遥远了。
Their wealth had insulated them from reality.
财富将他们与现实隔离。
insulation
They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.
他们幸福地生活在不受残酷现实干扰的世界里。
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[VERB 动词]使隔热;使隔音 To insulate something such as a building means to protect it from cold or noise by covering it or surrounding it in a thick layer.
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It will take almost 25 years to insulate the homes of the six million households that require this assistance...
要为 600 万户有此需求的家庭进行住宅隔热隔音处理得花将近 25 年的时间。
Is there any way we can insulate our home from the noise?...
有什么办法可以使我们的住宅隔音吗?
Are your hot and cold water pipes well insulated?
你们的冷热水管包好隔热层了吗?
...a garment lined with a light insulating material.
里子是轻便保暖材料的衣服
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[VERB 动词]使绝缘 If a piece of equipment is insulated, it is covered with rubber or plastic to prevent electricity passing through it and giving the person using it an electric shock.
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In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
为安全起见,该元件作了电绝缘处理。
...electrical insulating tape.
绝缘胶带
Oxford
in·su·late/ˈɪnsjuleɪt; NAmEˈɪnsəleɪt/verb1insulatesth (from/against sth) to protect sth with a material that prevents heat, sound, electricity, etc. from passing through 使隔热;使隔音;使绝缘◆Home owners are being encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy.当局鼓励房主在住房加隔热装置以节约能源。☞collocationsat
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2insulatesb/sth from/against sth to protect sb/sth from unpleasant experiences or influences 使免除(不愉快的经历);使免受(不良影响);隔离SYN
1to cover or protect something with a material that stops electricity, sound, heat etc from getting in or outinsulate something from/against something Pipes may need insulating against the cold. an insulated attic2to keep someone apart from particular experiences or influences, especially unpleasant onesinsulate somebody from something The royal family tried to insulate him from the prying eyes of the media.
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[ˈɪnsjuleɪt]insulated, insulating, insulates
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insulated[510]
隔离(82%),使绝缘(18%)
vt.隔离,使孤立;使绝缘,使隔热
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