The term Isolation may refer to:Solitude, the psychological phenomenon Solitary confinement Isolation (health care), measures taken to prevent the spread of communicable disease in a patient. See also Quarantine. Isolation tank, sensory deprivation tank Isolating language, description of a language type Isolation effect, also known as the Von Restorff effect, psychological effect of distinctive items more easily 'remembered' People or tribes living in isolation from the outside world. In politics:Splendid isolation, British foreign policy of the late 19th century Encirclement, of an opposing force in warfare Isolationism, political phenomenon where a country removes itself from international affairs In games and entertainment:Isolation (poker), raise designed to encourage others to fold Isolation (film), 2005 Irish horror movie written and directed by Billy O'Brian "Isolation" (John Lennon song) (1970) by John Lennon "Isolation" (Joy Division song) (1980) by Joy Division Isolation (album) (1984), album by Toto Isolation (1996), album by Die Krupps In other usesIsolation (database systems), in computer science:Isolator switch for electrical isolation. Optical isolator, permitting passage of light in only one direction Isolation (illusion), an illusion where a ball or other object is made to appear stationary in space. Topographic isolation in geodesy, surveying, and mountaineering Speciation, separation of two populations of a species Isolated point in topology (mathematics)
其实它们的意思都很不同,用例句比较容易理解:I am a solitary person - 我是独身主义者。 I am isolated - 我被隔离。I am lonely - 我很孤独。I am alone - 我是独身。/ 只有我一个人。It's my solo action - 这是我的个人行为。其中表示孤独的只有solitary和lonely。不过solitary作为形容词只能修饰名词,没有I am solitary的说法。