isolation
英 [aɪsə'leɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,aɪsə'leʃən]
- n. 隔离；孤立；[电] 绝缘；[化学] 离析
英英释意
- 1. a state of separation between persons or groups
- 2. the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
- 3. a feeling of being disliked and alone
- 4. preference for seclusion or isolation
- 5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- 6. a country's withdrawal from internal politics;
- "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
