lone·ly /ˈləʊnli $ ˈloʊn-/ ●●● S3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp lonelier, superlativesupl loneliest) 1 ALONEunhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to 孤单的,寂寞的 SYN American English lonesome Don’t you get lonely being on your own all day? 你整天独自一人不感到寂寞吗?
Do not use
lonely to mean ‘without anyone else’. Use
alone: She is afraid to travel alone (NOT travel lonely).表示独自一人不要用 lonely,要用 alone: She is afraid to travel alone ( 不说 travel lonely). 她害怕一个人出行。
2 a lonely experience or situation makes you unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to 〔经历或情况〕在孤单中进行的,孤独的lonely life/existence He led a lonely life with few friends. 他生活孤独,朋友很少。
3. the lonely [plural] people who are lonely 孤独的人 4 EMPTYa lonely place is a long way from where people live and very few people go there 荒凉的,荒无人烟的 SYN American English lonesome, remote, desolatelonely place/road/spot etc 荒僻的地方/偏僻的道路/荒凉的场所等
—loneliness noun [uncountableU]
THESAURUSlonely (also lonesome American EnglishAmE) unhappy because you are alone or do not have any friends 孤单的,寂寞的Tammy felt very lonely when she first arrived in New York. 塔米初到纽约时感到十分寂寞。
nOur neighbor George is a very lonely man.
I get so lonesome here with no one to talk to. 我在这里没人说话,非常孤独。
isolated lonely because your situation makes it difficult for you to meet people 孤独的,孤单的People caring for sick relatives often feel very isolated. 人在照顾患病亲属时常会感到十分孤单。
nChildren of very rich parents can grow up isolated from the rest of society.
alienated feeling that you do not belong in a particular place or group 不合群的,被疏远的nShe felt very alienated as the only woman in the company.
In high school she felt somehow different and alienated from other students. 高中的时候她不知怎么总觉得自己不同于其他同学,和他们格格不入。
homesick unhappy because you are a long way from your home and the people who live there 思乡的,想家的When I first went to Germany, I was very homesick. 我刚去德国时非常想家。
miss somebody used when saying that you feel unhappy because someone is not there with you 思念某人She misses her friends. 她思念朋友。