isolate
v[Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態, Tn.pr]
1 ~sb/sth (from sb/sth) put or keep sb/sth entirely apart from other people or things; separate sb/sth 使某人[某事物]與他人他事物完全隔離; 孤立某人[某事物]
isolate a problem, ie in order to deal with it separately 將一問題剔出(以便單獨處理)
When a person has an infectious disease, he is usually isolated (from other people). 人患傳染病時通常要(與他人)隔離.
Several villages have been isolated by heavy snowfalls. 下過大雪後有幾個村子與外界隔絕了.
2 ~ sth (from sth) (chemistry 化) separate (a single substance, germ, etc) from its combination with others 將(某物質、 細菌等)從其種群中離析或分離出來
Scientists have isolated the virus causing the epidemic. 科學家們已分離出引起這種流行病的病毒.