Insulate



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使绝缘; 使隔离
• ［英］ v. 使绝缘 ( to separate or cover with a nonconducting material) ; 使隔离 ( isolate)
• ［类］ 反义词: expose ( 暴露)
• ［记］ insul ( 岛) +ate -> 成为岛一样 -> 隔离
• ［例］ We are not insulated from the real world the way we were.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Latin insula
• Date: circa 1741
• to place in a detached situation ; isolate; especially to separate from conducting bodies by means of nonconductors so as to prevent transfer of electricity, heat, or sound

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