isolate

isolate
transitive verb
isolieren; (Electr.) vom Stromkreis trennen
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verb
(to separate, cut off or keep apart from others: Several houses have been isolated by the flood water; A child with an infectious disease should be isolated.) isolieren
- academic.ru/39500/isolated">isolated
- isolation
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iso·late
[ˈaɪsəleɪt]
vt
▪ to \isolate sb/sth [from sb/sth] jdn/etw [von jdm/etw] trennen [o isolieren]
it is impossible to \isolate political responsibility from moral responsibility politische Verantwortung lässt sich nicht von moralischer Verantwortung trennen
▪ to \isolate oneself [from sb/sth] sich akk [von jdm/etw] absondern [o fam abkapseln] [o SCHWEIZ a. separieren
2. CHEM, ELEC (separate)
to \isolate sth from the electric circuit etw vom Stromkreis trennen
to \isolate a substance eine Substanz isolieren
to \isolate a problem ein Problem gesondert betrachten
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['aIsəUleIt]
vt
1) (= separate) absondern, isolieren; (MED, CHEM) isolieren

the causes of crime cannot be isolated from social conditions — man kann die Gründe für kriminelles Verhalten nicht von den gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen gesondert or isoliert betrachten

2) (= cut off) abschneiden, isolieren

to isolate oneself from other people — sich (von anderen) abkapseln

to isolate oneself from the outside world — sich isolieren, sich von der Außenwelt zurückziehen

3) (= pinpoint) herausfinden; essential factor herauskristallisieren
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isolate [ˈaısəleıt] v/t
1. auch MED isolieren, absondern (beide:
from von):
isolating languages isolierende Sprachen (ohne Formenbildung)
2. CHEM, ELEK, PHYS isolieren
3. fig
a) isoliert oder getrennt oder einzeln oder für sich betrachten
b) trennen (from von)
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transitive verb
isolieren; (Electr.) vom Stromkreis trennen
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v.
eingrenzen v.
isolieren v.
vereinzeln v.

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