Isolate



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 孤立; 将...从其种群离析或分离出来

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: back-formation from isolated set apart, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from isola island, from Latin insula
• Date: 1799
• 1. to set apart from others; also quarantine
• 2. to select from among others; especially to separate from another substance so as to obtain pure or in a free state
• 3. insulate
• ? isolator noun

II. adjective

• Date: 1819
• being alone ; solitary, isolated

III. noun

• Date: 1890
• 1. an individual, population, strain, or culture obtained by or resulting from selection or separation
• 2. an individual socially withdrawn or removed from society

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