alone
/əˈlon/KK
/əˈloʊn/IPA
ə·lon
變化形
more alone
most alone
1.
獨自的;單獨的
表示某人沒有其他人陪伴、一起行動或在身邊。通常放在連綴動詞之後,不直接放在名詞前。
用法:常接在 be、feel、live、stay 等動詞後:be alone、feel alone。不可說 an alone student;名詞前通常用 lonely、single 或 only,視語意而定。
My parents were working late, so I ate dinner alone.
我爸媽工作到很晚,所以我一個人吃晚餐。
You can go to the library alone if you know the way.
如果你知道路,可以自己去圖書館。
2.
只有;僅僅
用於名詞或代名詞後,強調只有該人或事物,沒有其他人或事物。
用法:放在所修飾的名詞或代名詞後:You alone can decide.;This reason alone is not enough.。only 和 alone 可連用:Only Mei alone knew the answer.,但一般對話中常可只用 only。
You alone can choose which club to join.
只有你自己能選擇要參加哪個社團。
This program alone cannot solve all your English problems.
只有這個程式無法解決你所有的英文問題。
常見錯誤
Please leave me lonely.
Please leave me alone.
I feel lonely when I am alone, but I don't like to be lonely.
I feel lonely when I am alone, but I don't like to be alone.
I went to the movies by alone.
I went to the movies alone./I went to the movies by myself.
She is an alone child.
She is an only child./She is a lonely child.
相關字詞
學習提示
・alone 主要描述客觀的「獨處」;lonely 描述主觀的「寂寞感」。一個人可以 alone 但不 lonely。
・不要把 alone 直接放在單數名詞前作一般形容詞用;說「獨自完成的作業」可說 homework done alone,或 independent work,依情境而定。
・片語 leave someone alone 常用於請人別煩你、別打擾你;語氣可能從禮貌到不耐煩,取決於語調與情境。