alone
英 /əˈləʊn/ 美 /əˈloʊn/
- adj. 独自的；单独的without anyone else present
- adv. 独自地；独力地without other people or their help
- adv. 仅仅；单是only, excluding everything or everyone else
I was alone in the kitchen when the kettle boiled.
水壶里的水烧开时，厨房里只有我一个人。
Governments cannot solve environmental problems alone, as lasting progress also requires cooperation from businesses and individual citizens.
政府无法独力解决环境问题，因为持久的进步也需要企业和公民个人的合作。
搭配
live alone 独居travel alone 独自旅行leave someone alone 不打扰某人go it alone 独自干
辨析提示
alone指独自，不一定孤独；lonely强调孤独感。
词族
近义 unaccompanied
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