(1)使隔離(絕)，使孤立(put apart or alone;separate from others of the same kind)[Tn尤pass，T+n +prep(from)]：The writer～d himself in his study. 那位作家把自己關(guān)在書(shū)房里。be～d from the world 與世隔絕;～oneself from others 孤立自己;patients～d from the rest/in special hospitals 與其他人隔離開(kāi)/被隔離在專門醫(yī)院的病人;villages～d by the heavy snowfall 被大雪隔絕的村莊;They～d the administration，and thus forced it to accept their demands. 他們使管理層孤立，迫使它接受他們的要求。
(2)分離(separate a substance from others so as to examine it in detail)[T+n，T+n+prep(from)]：～a new kind of bacterium/virus 分離出一種新的細(xì)菌/病毒;Scientists can～genes and study how they work. 科學(xué)家能分離出基因并且研究它們是怎樣起作用的?！纪?separate;〖反〗 join，combine，mix;
→′isolated adj 分離的;孤獨(dú)的;iso′lation n 隔(分)離;孤立