vt.[H]

1. 使孤立；使脱离
   Several villages have been isolated by lack of buses.

   由于缺少公共汽车，有几个村子显得很偏僻。

2. 把（传染病患者等）隔离
   Sufferers from the infectious disease are isolated.

   感染到这种传染病的人被隔离起来。

3. 【化】使离析；【电】使绝缘

vi.

1. 孤立；隔离；脱离

v.

1. place apart or alone; cut off.
   ▸place in quarantine.
2. Chemistry  & Biology  obtain or extract (a compound, microorganism, etc.) in a pure form.
3. cut off the electrical or other connection to (a part of a network).

n.