1 without any other person 单独;独自:
The old man lives alone.那个老人独自居住。Are you alone? Can I speak to you for a moment?你单独一个人吗?我跟你谈一会儿,行吗?I don't like walking home alone after dark.天黑以后,我不喜欢一个人走回家。
Alone and lonely both mean that you are not with other people. Lonely (USlonesome) means that you are unhappy about this, but alone does not usually suggest either happiness or unhappiness. Alone cannot be used before a noun. You can also use on your own and by yourself to mean ‘alone’. These expressions are more informal and very common in spoken English. alone 和 lonely 都指单独一人。lonely(美 lonesome)表示对这种情况感到不快乐;alone 则不表示快乐与否。alone 不可以用于名词之前。也可以用 on your own 和 by yourself 来表达“alone”的意思。这些词语多用于非正式的场合,常用于口语。
2 (after a noun or pronoun 用于名词或代词后) only 只有;仅:
You alone can help us.只有你才能帮我们。The rent alone takes up most of my salary.单单房租就花去我的大部份薪金。
go it alone to start working on your own without the usual help 独自干
leave sb/sth alone→LEAVE¹
let alone→LET
alone/əˋlon; əˈləʊn/adj , adv 1 [not before noun 不用于名词前] without any other people 独自的[地]﹔单独的[地]: She lives alone. 她独自一人居住。I was all alone (=completely alone) in a strange city. 我孤身一人在一个陌生的城市里。You shouldn’t leave a child alone in the house. 你不能把孩子独自一人留在家里。My wife and I like to spend time alone together (=away from everyone else). 我和我妻子喜欢单独在一起。2 sb/sth alone only one person or thing 单单某人/某物: You alone must make this decision. 必须你自己来作这个决定。This disease cannot be cured by drugs alone. 这种病单靠药物不能治愈。3 leave/let sb alone to stop annoying someone 让某人独处﹔不打扰某人: ‘Leave me alone!’ she screamed. “别来烦我!”她尖叫道。4 leave/let sth alone to stop touching something 不要碰某物: Leave that clock alone or you’ll break it. 别动那个钟﹐否则你会把它打坏的。
aloneadjective, adverb1without any other personsame meaningon your own, by yourself: I don't like being alone in the house. My grandmother lives alone.2only: You alone can help me.which word?Alone or lonely? Alone means that you are not with other people: • She lived alone in a flat near the city centre.Lonely means that you are unhappy because you are not with other people: • He felt lonely at the new school without his old friends.