splendid isolation used to emphasize the isolation of a person or thing [用于突出人或物所处的孤立状态]光荣的孤立; 庄严的孤立: the stone stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road. 这块石头孑然傲立于沼地公路的近旁。 [ORIGIN: 1896: first applied to the period from 1890 to 1907 when Britain pursued a policy of diplomatic and commercial non-involvement.] |