| 词组 | alone |
| 释义 | alone If you are alone, you are not with any other people. I wanted to be alone. Barbara spent most of her time alone in the flat. ◊ WARNING You do not use alone in front of a noun. For example, you do not talk about 'an alone woman'. Instead, you say 'a woman on her own'. You find this quite often with people on their own. ◊ 'lonely' Do not confuse alone with lonely. If you are lonely, you are unhappy because you do not have any friends or anyone to talk to. Lonely is used either in front of a noun or after a verb like 'be' or 'feel'. He had befriended a lonely little boy. She must be very lonely here. ◊ another meaning of 'alone' Alone has another meaning. You use it immediately after a noun or pronoun to say that something is true about only one person or thing. For example, if you alone know something, you are the only person who knows it. Simon alone knew the truth. Pride alone prevented her from giving up. |
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