alone UK [ə'ləʊn] US [-'loʊn] adjective [after verb] adverb ESSENTIAL ■without other people 单独(的),独自(的);孤独的(地),无伴的(地)•He likes being alone in the house.他喜欢自己一个人呆在家里。 •She decided to climb the mountain alone.她决定独自去爬那座山。 •Do you like living alone?你喜欢独居吗? •At last, we're alone together (= there are just the two of us here).我们终于可以享受二人世界了。 •The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the spread of English.感受到自己国家的母语面临着英语广泛使用的压力的不仅仅瑞典人而已。 •I don't like the man and I'm not alone in that (= other people agree).我不喜欢那个人,而且并不是我一个人这样觉得。 UK [ə'ləʊn] US [-'loʊn] adjective [after noun] ESSENTIAL ■only; without any others 唯一,仅仅,只有•She alone must decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her).她必须自己决定做甚么。 •These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that he's not to be trusted.单凭这些事实就可以看出他这个人不可信。 •He won't get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else).单靠个人魅力他是不会得到这份工作的。 •The airfare alone would use up all my money, never mind the hotel bills.光买飞机票就会让我分文不剩,更别说住旅馆了。 •Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality.价格本身并不能准确反映品质。 |