The visit has been welcomed as a positive change in Washington's Burma policy, from one of isolation to engagement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The value of chocolate-covered pizza is not just a matter of summing up the value of the parts taken in isolation.

巧克力比萨饼的价值,不是两者单独的价值,相加的问题。

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Freedom does permit isolation from society and an alienation of the individual at a high cost, both to the individual and society.

自由允许人与社会隔绝,人与人疏远,但是不管是对个人还是社会,代价都是巨大的

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The meetings were the highest-level U.S.-Burma dialogue in 14 years and part of Washington's move from a policy of isolation to engaging the military government.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Again, if you just thought about life as a ruler, well pretty good thinking about it in isolation.

再一次，如果你只考虑了统治者的生活，非常好地单独考虑。

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The fighting was halted by a 1953 armistice but with no peace treaty, the two Koreas remain technically at war, amid decades of isolation and hostility.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

It's a mistake to try to consider finance in isolation.

把金融学看作一门孤立的学科是错误的

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He said the expulsion is obviously a matter of concern to the United States and a step backward,and that North Korea has only brought upon itself further isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

The railroad had a lot to do, too, of course, with linking northeast with northwest, which has a lot to do with a certain sense of economic isolation that set in in the South, to some extent.

铁路也连接了,美国东北和西北地区,在一定程度上,它和当时南方,某种意义上的经济孤立脱不了干系

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Life as a waiter, not so bad thinking about it in isolation.

侍应生的生活，单独考虑也没有那么糟糕。

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Because sometimes the value of a combination is different then the value you would get by just thinking about each one of the parts in isolation and then adding them up.

因为有时一个组合的价值会不同,那么你得到的价值是只单独考虑每一部分,然后把它们相加所得。

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