Alone
[ə'ləʊn] or [ə'lon]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) radically distinctive and without equal; 'he is alone in the field of microbiology'; 'this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem'; 'Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint'; 'craftsmen whose skill is unequaled'; 'unparalleled athletic ability'; 'a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history' .
(adj.) exclusive of anyone or anything else; 'she alone believed him'; 'cannot live by bread alone'; 'I'll have this car and this car only' .
(adj.) isolated from others; 'could be alone in a crowded room'; 'was alone with her thoughts'; 'I want to be alone' .
(adj.) lacking companions or companionship; 'he was alone when we met him'; 'she is alone much of the time'; 'the lone skier on the mountain'; 'a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel'; 'a lonely soul'; 'a solitary traveler' .
(adv.) without anybody else or anything else; 'the child stayed home alone'; 'the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing'; 'he flew solo'.
杰弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
(a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
(a.) Sole; only; exclusive.
(a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
(adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.
錄入:里基
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Single, solitary, only, lone, lonely, isolated, unaccompanied, by one's self, by itself, without company, without another.[2]. Of one's self, of one's own power, without help.
校對:奥斯瓦德
解釋/意思:
adj. single: solitary: alone of its kind: of itself or by themselves.—adv. singly by one's self only.—n. Alone′ness
編輯:露西尔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
adj. In bad company.
塞西莉亚校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Well, you're not geese, you're swans--anything you like, only do, do leave Miss Sedley alone. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I am young, as you see; I am alone, as you see. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Who has locked you up here alone? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- When they were alone, Mr. Lorry asked him what he had done? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Miss Ophelia and the physician alone felt no encouragement from this illusive truce. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The let-alone policy had demoralized this force so that probably but little more than one-half of it was ever present in garrison at any one time. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- After we had been alone awhile we were glad to see the others again. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Men cannot live by thought alone; the world of sense is always breaking in upon them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But Adrian is alone, wifeless, childless, unoccupied. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was good entertainment; but only half-enjoyed, since I was alone: you should have been there. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- But as he followed Madame Olenska into the hall he thought with a sudden hunger of being for a moment alone with her at the door of her carriage. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
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