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单词 alone
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alone

UK /əˈləʊn/

DEFINITIONS5
Alone can be used in the following ways:
as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house.
as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone.He alone knows where the files are hidden.
  1. 1
    without anyone with you
    1. 1a
      if you are alone, there is no one else with you

      Shelley is divorced and lives alone.

      all alone (=completely alone):

      She was all alone in a dark forest.

      Synonyms and related words

      Alone
    2. 1b
      used when two people are together and no one else is there

      It was forbidden for an unmarried couple to be alone together.

      alone with:

      Roger hadn’t had a chance before to be alone with Therese.

  2. 2
    feeling that you have no friends and that no one cares about you

    Jim said goodnight and left, feeling sad and alone.

    alone in the world (=not having any friends anywhere):

    I felt completely alone in the world.

    Synonyms and related words

    Lonely and isolated
  3. 3
    if you do something alone, you do it without any help from other people

    He is so severely disabled that he cannot manage alone.

    Was the killer acting alone?

    Synonyms and related words

    Without help and acting alone
  4. 4
    never before nounwithout including numbers or amounts from anywhere else

    Kazakhstan alone had more than 100 different nationalities.

    The team earned over a million pounds from television alone last year.

    Synonyms and related words

    Only, except and not including
  5. 5
    never before nounused for emphasizing that a particular person or thing is the only one that has something or can do something

    He alone was allowed to make decisions on foreign policy.

    Time alone will show whether the voters made the right choice.


phrases

be alone in (doing) something
go it alone
leave/let someone alone
leave/let something alone

alone

US /əˈloʊn/

DEFINITIONS5
Alone can be used in the following ways:
as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house.
as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone.He alone knows where the files are hidden.
  1. 1
    without anyone with you
    1. 1a
      if you are alone, there is no one else with you

      Shelley is divorced and lives alone.

      all alone (=completely alone):

      She was all alone in a dark forest.

      Synonyms and related words

      Alone
    2. 1b
      used when two people are together and no one else is there

      It was forbidden for an unmarried couple to be alone together.

      alone with:

      Roger hadn’t had a chance before to be alone with Therese.

  2. 2
    feeling that you have no friends and that no one cares about you

    Jim said goodnight and left, feeling sad and alone.

    alone in the world (=not having any friends anywhere):

    I felt completely alone in the world.

    Synonyms and related words

    Lonely and isolated
  3. 3
    if you do something alone, you do it without any help from other people

    Was the killer acting alone?

    Synonyms and related words

    Without help and acting alone
  4. 4
    never before nounwithout including numbers or amounts from anywhere else

    Kazakhstan alone had more than 100 different nationalities.

    She earned over a million dollars from television appearances alone last year.

    Synonyms and related words

    Only, except and not including
  5. 5
    never before nounused for emphasizing that a particular person or thing is the only one that has something or can do something

    He alone was allowed to make decisions on foreign policy.

    Time alone will show whether the voters made the right choice.


phrases

be alone in (doing) something
go it alone
leave/let someone alone
leave/let something alone
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