isolation
/ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the process or fact of isolating or being isolated隔离; 孤立; 脱离; 分离：
the isolation of older people.
老年人的孤立。
1.1
- count noun an instance of isolating something, especially a compound or micro-organism（尤指对混合物或微生物的）离析; 分离。
1.2
- as modifier denoting a hospital or ward for patients with contagious or infectious diseases（患传染性疾病病人的）隔离医院; 隔离病房。
短语
in isolation
- without relation to other people or things; separately孤立地：
environmental problems must not be seen in isolation from social ones.
不能脱离社会问题孤立地看待环境问题。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from ISOLATE, partly on the pattern of French isolation.