Isolationism is the belief — and the political habit that grows from it — that your country should keep out of other countries' fights, deals, and problems and look after itself. A government that follows it may refuse close ties, stay out of wars abroad, and try to limit how much it is pulled into the rest of the world's business.

Isolationism is the beliefisolationism 是一種信念 — and the political habit that grows from it也是由這種信念長出來的政治習慣 — that your country should keep out of other countries' fights, deals, and problems認為自己的國家應該不要插手別國的紛爭、交易和麻煩 and look after itself只顧好自己就好. A government that follows it遵循這種想法的政府 may refuse close ties可能拒絕建立緊密關係, stay out of wars abroad不介入海外的戰爭, and try to limit how much it is pulled into the rest of the world's business並試著限制自己被捲入世界其他地方事務的程度.

You meet the word in history and in news about foreign policy, not as a word for a shy person. A quiet student is not practising isolationism.

You meet the word你會在 in history and in news about foreign policy歷史和外交政策的新聞裡遇到這個字, not as a word for a shy person而不是用來形容害羞的人的字. A quiet student is not practising isolationism一個安靜的學生並不是在實踐 isolationism.

Though actually, people stretch it: almost any we should stay out of this move may get the label, even when the country is still trading, talking, and taking sides in smaller ways. The tidy picture is a country that simply turns its back; real policy is usually messier than that, and critics and supporters rarely mean quite the same thing by the word.

Though actually不過其實, people stretch it大家會把這個字用得比較寬鬆: almost any “we should stay out of this” move幾乎任何一個「我們該別插手這件事」的舉動 may get the label都可能被貼上這個標籤, even when the country is still trading, talking, and taking sides in smaller ways即使這個國家在比較小的層面上仍在貿易、對話，甚至選邊站. The tidy picture is a country that simply turns its back簡化的說法是一個國家就這樣轉身不理; real policy is usually messier than that現實中的政策通常比這複雜得多, and critics and supporters rarely mean quite the same thing by the word而批評者和支持者用這個字時，意思也很少完全一樣.