isolated incident/case/event• But that was an isolated case.• Gerasch is hardly an isolated case.• Or is this an isolated case?• The copyrightvote was by no means an isolated case.• The defensecontends the fight was an isolated case.• This does not seem like an isolated incident.• UncleBuck isn't an isolated case.• It views writing essays not as a series of isolated events but as the dynamicprocess of developing a skill.
Originisolated
(1700-1800)Frenchisolé, from Italianisolata, from isola“island”
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, feel顯得孤立;孤立;感覺孤單▸➤become, get變得孤立▸➤remain依然孤立▸➤leave sb/sth使⋯隔離◇Without help, many elderly people would be left isolated.在沒有幫助的情況下,很多老人都會與外界隔絕。➤keep sb/sth使⋯處於隔離狀態◇She kept herself almost isolated from her colleagues.她幾乎不與同事來往。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常孤立▸➤completely, entirely, totally完全孤立;徹底隔絕➤increasingly越來越孤立◇The President is looking increasingly isolated from the whole agenda.總統似乎越來越游離於整個議程之外了。➤largely基本上孤立▸➤effectively, essentially實際上/實質上孤立➤diplomatically, economically, geographically, physically, socially外交上孤立;經濟上孤立;地理上隔絕;實際上隔絕;與社會隔絕◇Unless a compromise could be reached the country would be diplomatically isolated on this issue.除非就此事達成妥協,否則該國將在外交上陷入孤立境地。◇They found themselves socially isolated and ostracized.他們發現自己被孤立和排斥於社會之外。PREPOSITION➤from與⋯隔開◇a child who is isolated from other children不與其他孩子交往的孩子