| 单词 | solely |
| 释义 | solely (once / 456 pages) adv Solely is another word for "only" or "entirely": Your new puppy is solely your responsibility — you have to feed it, walk it, and take care of it all by yourself. Solely comes from the Latin sola, the feminine form of "alone," and if you know other Romance languages, you'll recognize it in, for instance, Italian solo, or Spanish solamente and French seulement. In English, a solo is a song you sing alone. WORD FAMILYsole: resole, soled, soleless, solely, soling+/resole: resoled, resoles, resoling USAGE EXAMPLESAdditionally, this somewhat unscientific calculation is assuming white parents solely buy white dolls for their children. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Perhaps you read that and nodded, “Done! Next!” solely based on a general disdain for reality television. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) Local example: The image of urban areas and crime promoted during 2016, mostly but not solely by Donald Trump, was that cities are hellholes. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) adv without any others being included or involved did it solely for money Syn alone, entirely, exclusively, only |
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