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Isolate Isolated Set People Island Donne Aɪsəleɪt Villages

Front isolate
Pron ['aɪsəleɪt]
Back 【ISOLATE】
Several villages in the North have been isolated by heavy snowfall.
北方的好几个村庄因大雪与外界隔离。
【重点词汇】
isolate v. 使隔离 同: separate
Vocab
isolateplace or set apart

When you remove or set apart one thing from others, you isolate it. You could isolate yourself from people by living in a remote hut or, if you're a biologist, you could isolate a chromosome.

The verb isolate comes from the adjective isolated, which comes from the Latin insulatas, meaning “made into an island.” You may have heard the John Donne quote, “No man is an island.” Donne was claiming that no matter how much you might try to isolate yourself from the rest of humanity, in the end people are all connected to one another. Humanity’s need for connectedness may, in fact, be illustrated by the fact that jailers frequently isolate criminals as punishment.

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