isolated

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

isol·ated AW BrE [ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd] NAmE [ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd] adjective
1. (of buildings and places)far away from any others
Syn: ↑remote
•isolated rural areas
2. without much contact with other people or other countries
•I felt very isolated in my new job.
•Elderly people easily become socially isolated.
•The decision left the country isolated from its allies.
3. single; happening once
•The police said the attack was an isolated incident.

Word Origin:
[isolated] mid 18th cent.: from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from late Latin insulatus ‘made into an island’, from Latin insula ‘island’.

Example Bank:
•The President is looking increasingly isolated from the whole agenda.
•Unless a compromise could be reached the country would be diplomatically isolated on this issue.
•Without help, many elderly people would be left isolated.
•a child who is isolated from other children
•a culturally isolated community
•an apparently isolated incident
•It can be a lonely, isolated life on a farm.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  apart(p), obscure, quarantined, marooned, stranded, disjunct, detached, separated, set-apart, stray