一、详细释义：


v.

使隔热，使隔音，使绝望 [T]


例句：

Double-glazing of windows helps to insulate the house from the cold weather.

给窗户装上双层玻璃有助于房子与严寒的气候绝缘。


例句：

Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.

橡皮用来给电线绝缘。


使免除（不愉快的经历），使免受（不良影响），隔离 [T]


例句：

You must find a way to insulate yourself against the cost of inflation.

你必须找一种使自己免受通货膨胀损失的办法。


例句：

Trying to insulate herself from the chaos surrounding her.

竭力把她自己与周围的混乱隔开。


二、词义辨析：


isolate,separate,segregate,insulate

这些动词均有“分开，分离，隔离”之意。 isolate侧重指完全分离、隔开，也指人或处于完全孤立的状态。 separate指一般意义上的分开或隔开。 segregate指把一群人或物从整体或主体中分离出来。 insulate指隔开、分离，尤指用某种东西阻挡从里面逃出或从外面进入的东西。作技术用词时，专指用某种绝缘体隔断通路。


三、参考例句：


Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.

橡皮用来给电线绝缘。


Please insulate the furnace from any wood.

请把这个炉子远离木头。


We can insulate a live wire with rubber.

我们可用橡胶使带电的电线绝缘。


Trying to insulate herself from the chaos surrounding her.

竭力把她自己与周围的混乱隔开。


Concrete can encase steel components, shore them up and insulate them from fire.

混凝土能包裹、支撑钢料，并且有防火的绝缘功能。


Double-glazing of windows helps to insulate the house from the cold weather.

给窗户装上双层玻璃有助于房子与严寒的气候绝缘。


Living in a countryside tends to insulate us from the outside world.

住在农村会使我们与外面的世界隔绝。


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。


When they're 14, 15, we hover all over them and insulate them from real-life experience.

到了14、15岁时，我们更是严加防范，把他们与现实生活隔离开来。


You must find a way to insulate yourself against the cost of inflation.

你必须找一种使自己免受通货膨胀损失的办法。