insulate过去式

1. 隔离的，绝缘的，分开的

1. 隔离，分开
2. 【物、计】（使）绝缘，与...绝缘
3. 使脱离，使孤立
4. 使绝热，使隔热
5. 使成岛
6. 使隔音，使隔声
7. 使免除（不愉快的经历）， 使免受（不良影响）
8. 使隔离，使隔绝
9. 使分开，使分离

1. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material;

   "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
   

2. place or set apart;

   "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
   

1.将…隔离(以免受外界影响)
If a person or groupis insulated from the rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from them.

e.g. They wonder if their community is no longer insulated from big city problems...
他们在想是否大城市的问题离自己的社区也已经不再遥远了。
e.g. Their wealth had insulated them from reality.
财富将他们与现实隔离。

2.使隔热;使隔音
Toinsulate something such as a building means to protect it from cold or noise by covering it or surrounding it in a thick layer.

e.g. It will take almost 25 years toinsulate the homes of the six million households that require this assistance...
要为 600 万户有此需求的家庭进行住宅隔热隔音处理得花将近 25 年的时间。
e.g. Is there any way we caninsulate our home from the noise?...
有什么办法可以使我们的住宅隔音吗？

3.使绝缘
If a piece of equipmentis insulated, it is covered with rubber or plastic to prevent electricity passing through it and giving the person using it an electric shock.

e.g. In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
为安全起见,该元件作了电绝缘处理。
e.g. ...electrical insulating tape.
绝缘胶带

• insulate the body使身体保温暖
• insulate a cooking stove使炉灶绝热
• insulate electric wires使电线绝缘

• insulate against与…绝缘
• insulate for使…与…绝缘

• Ere Britain had been insulated from the continent.

  出自：D. Wilson

insulate, isolate

这组词的共同含义是“隔离”。其区别是：

insulate是用某种物质将两个物体隔开,使其不接触,但这种“隔离”不会产生很大的距离; 而isolate则是将两物分离开来,使之相隔遥远。

isolate，separate，segregate，insulate

这些动词均有“分开、分离、隔离”之意。

isolate侧重指完全分离、隔开，也指人或物处于完全孤立的状态。

separate指一般意义上的分开或隔开。

segregate指把一群人或物从整体或主体中分离出来。

insulate指隔开、分离，尤指用某种东西阻挡从里面逃出或从外面进入的东西。作技术用词时，专指用某种绝缘体隔断通路。