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| /əˈləʊn/ |
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| 1 | without anyone with you
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| | 1a | if you are alone , there is no one else with you 单独的；独自的 | | Shelley is divorced and lives alone. 谢利离婚了，一个人过日子。 | | all alone (=completely alone) She was all alone in a dark forest. 独自一人的 | |
| | 1b | used when two people are together and no one else is there 两人独处的 | | It was forbidden for an unmarried couple to be alone together. 未婚男女不得两人独处。 | | +with Roger hadn’ t had a chance before to be alone with Therese. 罗杰以前一直没有机会与特丽兹独处。 | |
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| 2 | lonely
feeling that you have no friends and that no one cares about you 孤独的；孤单的 |
| Jim said goodnight and left, feeling sad and alone. 吉姆道晚安后离开了，感到很伤心和孤单。 |
| alone in the world (=not having any friends anywhere) I felt completely alone in the world. 无亲无故的；孤零零的 |
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| 3 | without any help
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| | 3a | if you do something alone , you do it without any help from other people 独自地；以个人的力量 | | He is so severely disabled that he cannot manage alone. 他严重残疾，无法独自完成。 | | Was the killer acting alone? 杀手是独自作案的吗？ | |
| | 3b | to live , work , or make decisions on your own , without any help from other people 独自做（某事） | | More women are going it alone in business. 更多的女性在独自做生意。 | |
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| 4 | never before noun without including anything else
without including numbers or amounts from anywhere else 单单；仅 |
| Kazakhstan alone had more than 100 different nationalities. 仅哈萨克斯坦就有100多个不同的民族。 |
| The team earned over a million pounds from television alone last year. 该队去年仅靠电视一项就收入100多万英镑。 |
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| 5 | the only person or thing
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| | 5a | used for emphasizing that a particular person or thing is the only one that has something or can do something 唯一的；独一无二的 | | He alone was allowed to make decisions on foreign policy. 只有他被准许就外交政策作出决定。 | | Time alone will show whether the voters made the right choice. 只有时间会表明选民们是否作出了正确的选择。 | |
| | 5b | to be the only person that does something 是（做）某事唯一的（人） | | Miller was not alone in his opposition to the war. 米勒并不是唯一一个反战的人。 | | Am I alone in thinking that Biggs could be wrong? 认为比格斯可能出错的只有我一个人吗？ | |
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| - | leave/let sb alone
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| to stop annoying or criticizing someone |
| 别烦某人；别再批评某人 |
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| I wish they’ d just leave me alone. 我希望他们别来烦我。 |
| You let Peter alone. He’ s not done anyone any harm. 你别再批评彼得，他没给任何人带来什么伤害。 |
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| 1 | if you leave something alone , you do not do anything to it or touch it 别碰某物 | Leave those flowers alone – you’ re going to spoil them. 别动那些花，你会弄坏它们的。 | |
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| 2 | to stop trying to deal with something 别管某事 | It’ s not your problem, so why don’ t you just leave it alone? 这不是你的问题，所以为什么要去理它呢？ | |
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