| 单词 | alone |
| 释义 | alonealone /əˈloʊn/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective, adverb [not before noun] 1NO OTHER PEOPLE without any other people: Dorothy lives alone.alone with Get a babysitter – you need some time alone with your husband (=with only him and no other people)!alone together Suddenly they found themselves alone together in the room (=the only people there).2NO FRIENDS without any friends or people who you know, and feeling nervous or unhappy: I was alone for the first time in my life. Josie was all alone in a strange city. He felt terribly alone when June left.3NO HELP without help from anyone else: You don’t have to solve the problem alone – I’ll help you.THESAURUSon your own – without anyone helping you: Finally, the baby started breathing on her own.(all) by yourself – without anyone helping you: After her husband left, she raised her children by herself.single-handedly – by one person, with no help from anyone else. You use single-handedly when someone does something difficult or impressive: He almost single-handedly made the company succeed.solo – done alone, without anyone else helping you: Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean made him an American hero.independently – without other people’s help or control: The children are encouraged to work independently on the projects.unaided formal – without the help of anyone or anything: She was no longer able to climb stairs unaided.lone – doing something alone: Jackson was the lone objector to the plan.4EMPHASIZE [only after noun] a)used to emphasize that one particular thing or person is very important or has an effect on a situation: The price alone was enough to make me change my mind. b)used to say that someone or something is the only thing or person involved: Stevenson alone is to blame. I run for one reason alone – to keep my heart healthy.5leave somebody alone to stop annoying or interrupting someone: Go away and leave me alone.6leave something alone to stop touching an object or changing something: Leave that alone – you’ll break it!7be alone in (doing) something be the only person to do something: You’re not alone in wondering what’s happening here.8go it alone to start working or living on your own, especially after working or living with other people: After years of working for a big company, I decided to go it alone.9stand alone if an object or building stands alone, it is not near other buildings or objects: The house stood alone at the end of the road.[Origin: 1200–1300 all one wholly one]WORD CHOICE: alone, lonely, lonesome, lone, solitary• If you are alone, no one else is with you: I spent the afternoon at home alone.• If you are lonely or lonesome, you are unhappy because you are alone: A lonely old man was sitting in the park. I was lonesome living so far from my friends. You can say “a lonely man/wife/doctor,” but you do not use lonesome before nouns that refer to people. Don’t say: A lonesome man was sitting in the park.• Lonely or lonesome places make people feel lonely: They lived in a lonesome farmhouse outside of town. Lonely actions are done alone and make you feel lonely: a lonely drive/job/life etc.• In more formal English, a lone or solitary person or thing is the only one in a place: A lone/solitary figure stood in the middle of the field (=it was the only one there). Sometimes solitary can suggest that someone chooses to be alone: She is a very solitary person.GRAMMAR: alone, lonelyAlone is often used as an adverb, but lonely never is: She traveled alone. Don’t say: She traveled lonely. |
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