alone

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /əˈləʊn/    美 /əˈloʊn/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. By oneself, solitary. not-comparable,predicative
    — I can't ask for help because I am alone.
  2. By oneself, solitary.; Not involved in a romantic relationship. not-comparable,predicative
  3. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. not-comparable,predicative
    — Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.
  4. Apart from, or exclusive of, others. not-comparable,obsolete,predicative
    — There are proofs enough in History, and first that beautiful Hynes, so much beloved by Charles the seventh King of France, who valued the alone possession of her Love at so high a rate, that[…]
  5. Mere; consisting of nothing further. not-comparable,obsolete,predicative
    — and therefore all Killing, Banishing, Fining, Imprisoning, and other such things, which Men are afflicted with, for the alone exercise of their Conscience, or difference in Worship or Opinion, proceedeth from the spirit of Cain, the Murderer, and is contrary to the Truth;
  6. Unique; rare; matchless. not-comparable,obsolete,predicative
    — Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing / To her, whose worth makes other worthies nothing; / She is alone.
副词 adv.
  1. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. not-comparable,predicative
    — She walked home alone.
  2. Without outside help. not-comparable,predicative
    — The job was too hard for me to do alone.
  3. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.; Not permitting anything further; exclusively. not-comparable,predicative
    — The president alone has the power to initiate a nuclear launch.
  4. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.; Not requiring anything further; merely. not-comparable,predicative
    — Oral antibiotics alone won't clear the infection.
  5. Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.; Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. broadly,not-comparable,predicative
    — Her wardrobe is huge. She has three racks for blazers alone.

词汇关系

衍生词
all alone alonely alonement aloneness bowling alone thesis leave it alone leave things alone let it alone let things alone quirkyalone take it or leave it alone alone in a crowd forever alone go it alone go-it-alone leave alone leave me alone leave well alone leave well enough alone let alone let well alone let well enough alone man shall not live by bread alone misfortunes never come alone sauce-alone stand-alone time alone will tell walk-alone walk alone you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-West Germanic *all
Old English eall
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Old English eall ān
Middle English all oon
Middle English allone
English alone
From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-West Germanic *all
Old English eall
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-West Germanic *ain
Old English ān
Old English eall ān
Middle English all oon
Middle English allone
English alone
From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.
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