考研英语高频词汇
Isolate /ˈaɪsəleɪt/ v . 远离，孤立，分离
<历年真题考查频次：8次>
真题复现1：There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically. （2014年英语一text2 P5）
真题翻译：律师行业内部存在着要求改变的压力，但监管机构中反对改变的人坚持认为，将外部人士排除在律师事务所之外，会使律师远离赚钱的压力，而不是在道德上为客户服务。
真题复现2：With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japan’s 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, two-generation households. （2000年text4 P4）
真题翻译：随着经济增长，出现了集中化;日本1.19亿公民，其中整整76%的人口定居城市:在这里，原来的社区和多代同堂的大家庭已被摒弃，取而代之的是与外界疏于往来的、只由两代人组成的家庭。
真题复现3：Scattered around the globe are more than 100 small regions of isolated volcanic activity known to geologists as hot spots.（1998年text5 P1）
真题翻译：地球上散布着100多个孤立的火山活动小区域，地质学家称之为热点。
