isolation
noun/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable]Слово англійською: isolation
Переклад isolation українською: ізоляція, відокремлення; ізолювання, ізольованість, самотність, to live in ~ — жити на самоті, ~ hospital — інфекційна лікарня
Детальний опис
- the act of separating somebody/something; the state of being separate
- geographical isolation
- an isolation hospital/ward (= for people with infectious diseases)
- isolation (from somebody/something) The country has been threatened with complete isolation from the international community unless the atrocities stop.
- He lives in splendid isolation (= far from, or in a superior position to, everyone else).
- the isolation of the polio virus
- isolation (from somebody/something) the state of being alone or lonely
- Many unemployed people experience feelings of isolation and depression.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from isolate, partly on the pattern of French isolation.
Idioms
in isolation (from somebody/something)
- separately; alone
- To make sense, these figures should not be looked at in isolation.
- Words are pronounced differently in isolation from how they are pronounced in context.