【alone音标】 英[əˈləʊn] 美[əˈloʊn]
【单词释义】 alone是什么意思：
adj.单独的；独一无二的；独自的
adv.单独地；独自地；孤独地；只，只有
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[比较级] aloneer [最高级] aloneest
【alone形近词/近似词】
clone n.（动植物的）克隆 v.克隆,复制
cyclone n.气旋；旋风；飓风
【常用短语】
let alone 更别提，更不用说
【近义词解析】
◇ 孤独的，独自的
alone (adj. 单独的，孤苦的，孤独的)：指独自一人的，或因没有亲友相伴而孤单寂寞的，只作表语。
desolate ([六级/考研]adj. 孤单凄凉的；荒凉的)：语义强烈，指某人极度孤独悲伤的；也指某地因无人居住而荒凉的。
solitary ([六级/考研]adj. 独自的，孤单的；喜欢独处的)：指单独做某事的或无其他人、事物等相伴的；形容人、动物等时可指生性孤僻的，通常作定语。
lone (adj. 孤零零的，独自的)：可用于修饰人或事物，只作定语。
lonely (adj. 孤独的，寂寞的；荒凉的)：指感到寂寞的或在孤单中度过的；也指地方人迹罕至的，只作定语。
lonesome ([专八/GRE]adj. [美]孤寂的；荒凉的)：与 lonely 基本同义，常可换用。
【单词例句】
◇ "Until we get back clean the house and have the laundry washed spotlessly." The powered and dressed up stepmother and stepsisters left for the ball. "Oh! How I wish to go to the ball too." Cinderella left all alone began to cry.
“我们回来之前你要洗衣服，打扫房子，而且得一尘不染。”恶狠狠的继母和姐姐们说完就去参加晚会了。”“哦，我多么想去舞会啊，”等所有人离开后灰姑娘开始哭了。
---- Cinderella
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Now it happened that on the day when she turned fifteen years of age the king and the queen were not at home, and the girl was all alone in the castle.
但恰恰在她十五岁的那一天，国王和王后都不在家，公主单独一个人被留在王宫里。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ People envied her leisure life very much. But in fact, she was tired of being left alone.
别人都很妒忌她安逸的生活，但是实际上，她厌透了被独自丢下。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ The family went to hear the word of God; but she went alone into her little chamber; there was only room for a bed and chair to stand in it; and here she sat down with her Prayer-Book; and whilst she read with a pious mind.
于是这家人就去听上帝的训诫了。只有她孤独地回到她的小房间里去。这儿不太宽，只能放一张床和一张椅子。她拿着一本圣诗集坐在这儿，用一颗虔诚的心来读里面的字句。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ "The waxy layers of produce hold on to pesticides and are very difficult to remove using water alone," he says. "Other agents are needed to effectively remove the waxy layers. However, peeling remains the most effective way to remove a large concentration of pesticides."
黎博士称：“农产品的蜡质层会附着农药，而且光是用水清洗很难去除，需要其他药剂来有效去除蜡质层。然而，削皮仍然是去除高浓度农药的最有效方法。”
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ Generally speaking, if you're feeling lazy on a Friday in August, you're not alone.
一般来讲，如果你在八月的某个周五感觉懒散，你不是一个人。
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ Now, visitors to the South Rim alone may number 18,000 in a single day. Some of that number will travel by mule train down Bright Angel Trail to the canyon's floor, cross the raging river by a suspension bridge and amount to the North Rim.
现在，每天来大峡谷南缘观光的游客大概有18000名，其中有的会乘坐小型电动机车沿着"光明天使小道"来到谷底，穿过波涛汹涌的河道上方的吊桥，然后到达北缘。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ Our father was left to keep his prayerful,living vigil. It was painful to leave him that night,too painful to think of him alone. But he reminded us that he would not be alone,at least for that night,he had his Love.
父亲一人留下来通宵祷告守护。留下他一人我们很痛苦，想到他独自一人，无人相伴，我们的心都要碎了。但父亲提醒我们，他并不是孤独一人，至少今晚他仍拥有他的至爱。
---- To Love Enough