alone
/əˈləʊn/adjective & adverb
1
- having no one else present; on one's own单独的（地）, 独自的（地）：
as predic. adj. she was alone that evening她那晚独自一人
as adv. he lives alone.他独居。
1.1
- without others' help or participation; single-handed单干的（地）：
as adv. team members are more effective than individuals working alone.团队合作比个人单干更有效。
1.2
- as adj. isolated and lonely孤立的, 孤独的：
she was terribly alone and exposed.
她十分孤独, 无所庇护。
1.3
- having no companions in a particular position or course of action单独的, 仅仅的, 单干的：
as predic. adj. they were not alone in dissenting from the advice.不同意此建议的不仅仅是他们。
2
- as adv. indicating that something is confined to the specified subject or recipient只, 仅仅：
he is answerable to Parliament alone
他只对议会负责
it was a smile for him alone.
那是只给他一个人的微笑。
2.1
- used to emphasize that only one factor out of several is being considered and that the whole is greater or more extreme仅仅…就：
there were fifteen churches in the town centre alone.
仅市中心就有15座教堂。
短语
go it alone
- informal act by oneself without assistance〈非正式〉单干。
leave（或let）someone/thing alone
1
- abandon or desert someone or something抛弃, 放弃（某人或物）。
2
- stop disturbing or interfering with someone or something不妨碍, 不打扰（某人或物）。
let alone
- 见LET1.
派生词
aloneness
noun词源