alone
英 [?'l??n]
美[?'lon]
- adj. 獨自的；單獨的；孤獨的
- adv. 獨自地；單獨地
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?aloneer;最高級:?aloneest;
中文詞源
alone 單獨的
來自短語 all one .
英文詞源
- alone
- alone: [13] Although partly disguised by its pronunciation, alone is in fact simply a compound of all and one (whose /wun/ pronunciation began to develop around the 15th century). In Old English it was a completely separate phrase, all āna, literally ‘completely by oneself’, but by the 13th century this had coalesced into a single word. Loss of its initial ain the 14th century gave rise to the adjective lone.
=> all, lone, one - alone (adj., adv.)
- c. 1300 contraction of all ane, from Old English all ana "unaccompanied, all by oneself," from all "all, wholly" (see all) + an "one" (see one). Similar compounds are found in German (allein) and Dutch (alleen).
雙語例句
- 1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. Don't leave a child alone in a room with an open fire.
- 房間里有裸露的明火時，不要讓孩子獨處其中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He knew when to leave well alone and when to interfere.
- 他知道什么時候該適可而止，什么時候該插手干預(yù)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
- 他一直都被視為異類，無人理睬，形單影只。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was working alone and did not have an accomplice.
- 他在單干，沒有同伙。
來自柯林斯例句