insulate

英 [ˈɪnsjuleɪt]

美 [ˈɪnsəleɪt]

v.  使隔热; 使隔音; 使绝缘; 使免除(不愉快的经历); 使免受(不良影响); 隔离

过去分词：insulated　过去式：insulated　现在分词：insulating　第三人称单数：insulates　复数：insulates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使隔热；使隔音；使绝缘
  to protect sth with a material that prevents heat, sound, electricity, etc. from passing through
  1. Home owners are being encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy.
     当局鼓励房主给住房加隔热装置以节约能源。
• 使免除（不愉快的经历）；使免受（不良影响）；隔离
  to protect sb/sth from unpleasant experiences or influences

柯林斯词典

• VERB 将…隔离(以免受外界影响)
  If a person or groupis insulated fromthe rest of society or from outside influences, they are protected from them.
  1. They wonder if their community is no longer insulated from big city problems...
     他们在想是否大城市的问题离自己的社区也已经不再遥远了。
  2. Their wealth had insulated them from reality.
     财富将他们与现实隔离。
• VERB 使隔热;使隔音
  Toinsulatesomething such as a building means to protect it from cold or noise by covering it or surrounding it in a thick layer.
  1. It will take almost 25 years to insulate the homes of the six million households that require this assistance...
     要为 600 万户有此需求的家庭进行住宅隔热隔音处理得花将近 25 年的时间。
  2. Is there any way we can insulate our home from the noise?...
     有什么办法可以使我们的住宅隔音吗？
  3. Are your hot and cold water pipes well insulated?
     你们的冷热水管包好隔热层了吗？
  4. ...a garment lined with a light insulating material.
     里子是轻便保暖材料的衣服
• VERB 使绝缘
  If a piece of equipmentis insulated, it is covered with rubber or plastic to prevent electricity passing through it and giving the person using it an electric shock.
  1. In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
     为安全起见,该元件作了电绝缘处理。
  2. ...electrical insulating tape.
     绝缘胶带

英英释义

verb

• place or set apart
  1. They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
  Synonym:isolate
• protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
  1. We had his bedroom insulated before winter came

双语例句

• They have found a way to insulate themselves against the cost of inflation.
  他们找到了使自己免受通货膨胀影响的办法。
• They could also use the contract to insulate their portfolios from losses.
  他们也可以使用这一合约使自己的投资组合免于亏损。
• He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.
  他继续使本国远离外来思想的侵袭。
• In the meantime, you have to insulate yourself from his moods.
  同时，你必须将你自己隔绝在他的情绪之外。
• Don't insulate your mother from everyday difficulties even if she is old.
  不要使你母亲经常脱离日常的困难，尽管她已经老了。
• Asbestos can be used to insulate a cooking stove. Cotton is suitable for wear in summer.
  石棉能被用来使一烹调用的炉灶绝热。棉制品适於夏季穿用。
• It would be wrong to assume that rich countries will always be able to insulate themselves with drugs against the ravages of new diseases
  要是以为富国总能为自己备好药物以抵御新发疾病的侵害，那就错了。
• They must, instead, try to "insulate the real economy from consequences of financial instability".
  相反，他们必须设法“将金融不稳定的后果与实体经济隔离开来”。
• Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.
  橡胶被用来使电线与外界绝缘。
• Wall vines and ground cover insulate against summer heat and reduce reflected radiation.
  墙上的藤蔓和地上辅盖的绝缘层，可以对抗夏季的曝晒和反射出来的热副射。