wall off

壁で仕切る、壁で塞ぐ

壁を作って、場所を仕切ったり塞いだりする。

やさしい英語で： To separate or close an area by building a wall.

• They walled off the doorway.
• We walled part of the garden off for storage.
• Why did the owners wall off that room?

使い方： wall something off (They walled the passage off.); wall something off from something (A builder walled the kitchen off from the hall.)

類義語： partition, seal off

よく使う表現： wall off something, wall off a room

隔離する、遮断する

人や物事を、外の人々や影響から完全に切り離す。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone or something completely separate from outside people or influences.

• He walled himself off from his friends.
• The rules wall off local businesses from international competition.
• She had walled off her emotions after the accident.

使い方： wall someone/something off from something (The policy walled the country off from foreign trade.)

類義語： isolate, cut off

よく使う表現： wall off someone, wall off emotions