insulate

verb

1. 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。
2. 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

1. VERB 将…隔离(以免受外界影响)
   If a person or group is insulated from the 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。
2. VERB 使隔热;使隔音
   To insulate something 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
3. VERB 使绝缘
   If a piece of equipment is 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

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Their wealth had insulated them from reality.
   财富将他们与现实隔离。
4. 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？
5. Are your hot and cold water pipes well insulated?
   你们的冷热水管包好隔热层了吗？
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Living in a high building tends to insulate us from the real life of the city.
   住在高楼大厦中容易使我们与城市的现实生活相隔绝。
10. Asbestos can be used to insulate a cooking stove.
    石棉能被用来使烹调用的炉灶绝热。
11. Rails will not insulate you from data integrity problems.
    Rails不会让您摆脱数据完整性问题。
12. 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。
13. The leaders were able to insulate the local population from these dangerous influences.
    那些领导人能把当地居民与这些有影响的危险分子隔离开来。
14. Decomposition to plane circuitry's pin, then aborative go along transmit and insulate inspect, eliminate circuitry malfunction.
    通过对机上线路的插头进行分解，进行导通和绝缘检测，排除了机上线路故障；
15. You can insulate a house against heat loss by having the windows double-glazed.
    你可以给窗户加上双层玻璃来防止房里的热散失。
16. Variable levies can insulate farmers and consumers from world markets.
    差价进口税可以把农民和消费者与世界市场隔离开来。
17. It is important to insulate the furnace from any neighbouring woodwork with brick and asbestos.
    用砖和石棉将火炉与任何相邻的木制品隔开是很重要的。
18. 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。
19. GDI accomplishes this goal by providing facilities to insulate your programs from the particular characteristics of different output devices.
    GDI通过提供将你的程序与不同输出设备特殊的特征相隔离的方便性完成这个目标。
20. A water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors.
    包裹在裸露的电导体外面，使之绝缘的抗水的胶带。
21. 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。
22. Insulate Your Assets-Shut off the water supply to the irrigation system and protect the main shutoff valve against freezing.
    绝缘您的资产，切断水供应，灌溉系统和保护对冻结的主要截止阀。
23. 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。
24. The servo control system that can insulate ship-swaying interference was designed.
    设计了一种能够较好解决船摇隔离问题的伺服控制系统。
25. Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.
    橡胶被用来使电线与外界绝缘。
26. IN THEORY central banks need independence to insulate them from meddling politicians'demands for easy money.
    从理论上说，中央银行需要独立性，避免干涉政治家对宽松货币政策的需求。
27. The system can insulate the local failure, enhance the reliability and reduce the cost.
    该系统能有效隔离局部故障，提高了系统可靠性和降低了系统成本。
28. 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。
29. 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”。

verb

1. place or set apart
   1. They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates

   Synonym:    isolate

2. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
   1. We had his bedroom insulated before winter came