Isolate

Definition

isolate /'aÇsǝleÇt/ v ၁။ ~ oneself/sb /sth ( from sb/sth ) (esp passive) သီးျခားထားသည္။ ခြဲထားသည္။ သီးျခားေနသည္။ တသီးတသန္႔ေနသည္။ အဆက္အသြယ္ ျဖတ္သည္၊ ျပတ္သည္။ When a person has an infectious disease, they are usually isolated (from other people). ❍ Britain has isolated itself from other members of the Community. ❍ Several villages have been isolated by heavy snowfalls. ၂။ (က) သီးျခားခြဲထုတ္သည္။ isolate a problem/ cause. (ခ) ~ sth ( from sth ) ( chemistry ) ခြဲျခားသည္။ ေရြးထုတ္သည္။ Scientists have isolated the virus causing the epidemic. ❏ isolated adj ၁။ သီးျခားျဖစ္ေသာ။ ႁခြင္းခ်က္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ an isolated outbreak of smallpox ❍ an isolated case/instance/occurrence. ၂။ ထီးတည္း တည္ရိွေသာ။ an isolated building. ၃။ အထီးက်န္ေသာ။ feel lonely and isolated ❍ Writers sometimes lead isolated lives.

Examples

1. [isolate someone from something] : Important witnesses are isolated from the media for their own safety.
2. All the patients known to have been in contact with the virus were immediately isolated.
3. We need to isolate the cost of absenteeism to see how big the problem is.
4. Any move to isolate Britain would be very damaging to business.