alone

1. ADJ When you are alone, you are not with any other people. 獨(dú)自的[v-link ADJ]

There is nothing so fearful as to be alone in a combat situation. 沒有比獨(dú)自一人處于戰(zhàn)斗環(huán)境中更可怕的事了。

2. ADV Alone is also an adverb. 獨(dú)自地[ADV after v]

She has lived alone in this house for almost five years now. 她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)獨(dú)自在這所房子里住了差不多五年了。

3. ADJ If one person is alone with another person, or if two or more people are alone, they are together, without anyone else present. 獨(dú)處的[v-link ADJ]

I couldn't imagine why he would want to be alone with me. 我想像不出他為什么想要和我獨(dú)處。

4. ADJ If you say that you are alone or feel alone, you mean that nobody who is with you, or nobody at all, cares about you. 孤獨(dú)的[v-link ADJ]

Never in her life had she felt so alone, so abandoned. 她一輩子從沒有感到過如此孤獨(dú)、如此被拋棄。

5. ADJ If someone is alone in doing something, they are the only person doing it, and so are different from other people. 惟一的[v-link ADJ]

Am I alone in recognizing that these two statistics have quite different implications?

惟獨(dú)我看出這兩個(gè)統(tǒng)計(jì)有完全不同含意嗎？

6. ADV Alone is also an adverb. 惟一地

I alone was sane, I thought, in a world of crazy people. 我以為在這個(gè)狂人的世界中我是惟一清醒的。

7. ADV You say that one person or thing alone does something when you are emphasizing that only one person or thing is involved. 只有[n ADV] [強(qiáng)調(diào)]

You alone should determine what is right for you. 只有你應(yīng)該決定什么對(duì)你是合適的。

8. ADV If you say that one person or thing alone is responsible for part of an amount, you are emphasizing the size of that part and the size of the total amount. 單單[n ADV] [強(qiáng)調(diào)]

CNN alone is sending 300 technicians, directors and commentators. 僅有線電視新聞網(wǎng)就派了300名技師、導(dǎo)演和實(shí)況播音員。

9. ADV When someone does something alone, they do it without help from other people. 獨(dú)力地[ADV after v]

Bringing up a child alone should give you a sense of achievement. 獨(dú)力一人養(yǎng)大一個(gè)孩子會(huì)給你一種成就感。

10. PHRASE If you go it alone, you do something without any help from other people. 單干[非正式]

I missed the stimulation of working with others when I tried to go it alone. 當(dāng)我試著自己單干時(shí)，我想念和別人一起工作的那種刺激。

11. to leave someone or something alone→see leave

12. let alone→see let