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 insulate ['ɪnsə`let]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 使绝缘, 隔离

[医] 绝缘




    insulate
    [ verb ]
    1. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material

    2. <verb.change>
      We had his bedroom insulated before winter came
    3. place or set apart

    4. <verb.change> isolate
      They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates


    Insulate \In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insulated}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Insulating}.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula
    island. See {Isle}, and cf. {Isolate}.]
    1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant.

    2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no
    communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to
    separate.

    3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer of
    electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the
    interposition of nonconductors.

    {Insulating stool} (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or
    some other nonconductor of electricity, used for
    insulating a person or any object placed upon it.

    1. Having reconciled himself to the operation in Cuba that he formerly had opposed, Mr. Schlesinger tried to insulate the president if perchance something went awry.
    2. You can insulate new exterior walls by installing roll-type insulation.
    3. Selling the junk bonds to outsiders or separately capitalized affiliates would insulate the federal insurance fund from the risk.
    4. That will insulate those profits from a huge tax bite.
    5. PVC is used, among other things, as packaging, to insulate electrical equipment and to make window frames.
    6. The legislation would take care to insulate the department's new statistical bureau to avoid interference in the development of environmental statistics and reports.
    7. High standards of education and culture attained by the Germans did not insulate them from "the virus of religious and racial prejudice," he said.
    8. "Capital acts as a buffer against unexpected shocks to a firm, and thereby helps to insulate both individual firms and the system from risk," Greenspan said Tuesday at the annual convention of the American Bankers Association.
    9. Vice President George Bush, Rep. Jack Kemp and Sen. Robert Dole are abandoning hope that the arms crisis is a passing storm, and their strategists now are seeking to determine how best to insulate them from damage.
    10. Throughout their investigation, Mr. Walsh and his staff have been careful to insulate themselves from information related to testimony of witnesses who were granted limited immunity from prosecution by Congress.
    11. Mr. Brockway and his future employer, Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer & Wood, have taken elaborate steps to insulate the 43-year-old tax expert from conflicts of interest since he agreed to take the job early this month.
    12. To insulate Kuwait from follow-on attacks, they are discussing what one aide calls "reciprocal" demilitarized zones along the Iraq-Kuwait border.
    13. Avtex Fibers Front Royal Inc., a closely held Front Royal, Va., fiber manufacturer, is the nation's only producer of carbonized rayon yarn used to insulate solid-rocket nozzles.
    14. Space agency spokesman Dick Young said material used to insulate equipment caught fire, but caused only "minimal" damage.
    15. However, the recent actions have signaled the boldest moves yet by the government to distance itself from the debate in Moscow and to insulate the nation's population from the popular changes.
    16. The seven otters were selected because they appeared fully rehabilitated. "Blood samples appear normal, and the otters' fur once again will fully insulate the animals," Davis said.
    17. Protectionist policies, such as an elaborate system of import licensing and controls over the spending of hard currencies, insulate its markets and budding industries.
    18. Such a strategy not only helps insulate the portfolio from the stock market's volatility but also minimizes taxes and costs.
    19. That, brokers say, helped insulate stock prices in the United States from the jolt of a sharp selloff on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
    20. Two tactics unavailable to the average employee are being widely used to insulate top executives from stock-market risks.
    21. Not only will the new plant help insulate the company from foreign currency fluctuations, but Konica hopes it will attract photofinishers who insist on buying U.S.-made products but want an alternative to Kodak.
    22. A new structure then would be built after a "buffer" layer is installed to insulate the new building from the foundation.
    23. Mr. Kay also speaks of "agents," which will be sort of computerized alter egos for the user and will insulate him from having to understand how to find information in the computer system.
    24. Nebraska's winter wheat outlook worsened as the deep freeze continued without a blanket of snow to insulate the crop from the cold and wind erosion.
    25. The founding family of the Columbus-based, worldwide engine-maker staged a major stock purchase last month to insulate Cummins from a possible takeover.
    26. The FCC voted 4-0 to further insulate the Gillett family trust from Busse.
    27. The bankers hoped that the agreement would effectively insulate the company from Mr Parretti's interference. That proved over-optimistic.
    28. "Capital acts as a buffer against unexpected shocks to a firm, and thereby helps to insulate both individual firms and the system from risk," Greenspan said at the 114th annual convention of the American Bankers Association.
    29. Is he trying to guarantee individual rights or insulate his friends and family when he introduces a decree on preventive detention?
    30. "In doing so, however, it cannot look to the U.S. trademark law to insulate the American market or to vitiate the effects of international trade."
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