詞彙精選：insulate的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
使隔熱，使隔音，使絕望 [T]
例句：
Double-glazing of windows helps to insulate the house from the cold weather.
給窗戶裝上雙層玻璃有助於房子與嚴寒的氣候絕緣。
例句：
Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.
橡皮用來給電線絕緣。
使免除（不愉快的經歷），使免受（不良影響），隔離 [T]
例句：
You must find a way to insulate yourself against the cost of inflation.
你必須找一種使自己免受通貨膨脹損失的辦法。
例句：
Trying to insulate herself from the chaos surrounding her.
竭力把她自己與周圍的混亂隔開。
二、詞義辨析：
isolate,separate,segregate,insulate
這些動詞均有“分開，分離，隔離”之意。isolate側重指完全分離、隔開，也指人或處於完全孤立的狀態。separate指一般意義上的分開或隔開。segregate指把一羣人或物從整體或主體中分離出來。insulate指隔開、分離，尤指用某種東西阻擋從裏面逃出或從外面進入的東西。作技術用詞時，專指用某種絕緣體隔斷通路。
三、參考例句：
Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.
橡皮用來給電線絕緣。
Please insulate the furnace from any wood.
請把這個爐子遠離木頭。
We can insulate a live wire with rubber.
我們可用橡膠使帶電的電線絕緣。
Trying to insulate herself from the chaos surrounding her.
竭力把她自己與周圍的混亂隔開。
Concrete can encase steel components, shore them up and insulate them from fire.
混凝土能包裹、支撐鋼料，並且有防火的絕緣功能。
Double-glazing of windows helps to insulate the house from the cold weather.
給窗戶裝上雙層玻璃有助於房子與嚴寒的氣候絕緣。
Living in a countryside tends to insulate us from the outside world.
住在農村會使我們與外面的世界隔絕。
He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.
他繼續使本國遠離外來思想的侵襲。
When they're 14, 15, we hover all over them and insulate them from real-life experience.
到了14、15歲時，我們更是嚴加防範，把他們與現實生活隔離開來。
You must find a way to insulate yourself against the cost of inflation.
你必須找一種使自己免受通貨膨脹損失的辦法。
