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sole

sole1 /səʊl $ soʊl/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjectiveadj [only before noun]   → soul
1  ONLYthe sole person, thing etc is the only one 唯一的，仅有的 SYN only
 the sole American in the room
房间里唯一的美国人
 Griffiths is the sole survivor of the crash.
格里菲思是此次撞车事故唯一的幸存者。
 The story was published with the sole purpose of selling newspapers.
刊登这则报道的目的纯粹是为了推销报纸。
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2  ONLYnot shared with anyone else 专有的，独占的，唯一的
 Derek has sole responsibility for sales in Dublin.
德里克单独负责都柏林地区的销售。
 The company has the sole rights to market Elton John’s records.
这家公司拥有埃尔顿•约翰唱片的独家销售权。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the sole person, thing etc is the only one
nouns
somebody’s sole purpose/aim
Their sole purpose was to kill.
the sole reason
His sole reason for calling was to shower abuse upon me.
the sole cause
I’m not saying that TV violence is the sole cause of violence in society.
the sole candidate
He was the sole candidate for the post.
the sole occupant
The library’s sole occupant was a thin, elderly man.
the sole survivor
Jack was the sole survivor of the crew.
adjectives
the sole surviving/remaining member/child etc
His sole surviving child, Mary, succeeded to the throne at the age of one week.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: not shared with anyone else
nouns
sole responsibility
She has the sole responsibility for a large family.
sole rights
The company now has the sole rights to the process.
sole ownership/proprietorship
He now has sole ownership of the company.
sole control/charge
The school was no longer under their sole control.
Examples from the Corpus
sole• NASA's sole concern was the safety of the astronauts.• Everyone ignored my sole contribution to the conversation.• Ciba-Geigy Plastics has appointed Plastic Technology Service as sole distributor for small lot quantities of its range of engineering plastics.• The validity of product measures as the sole form of evaluation can be considered at a number of levels.• I think he came here with the sole intention of causing trouble.• Also, although productive efficiency is the central, it is not the sole issue where these matters are concerned.• Arthur will retain sole ownership of the company.• The sole purpose of his trip was to attend a concert at Carnegie Hall.• Other health care professions are subordinate to the organised autonomy of doctors who claim sole rights of diagnosis and treatment.• The quantum mechanical formalism itself is left as the sole source of insight.• the sole survivor of the crash• The Virbram sole unit could do with a little more rigidity for scrambling, but provides good adhesion for walking on all surfaces.• The sole unit, quiet, with a separate outside entrance, sleeps four to five and has a kitchen.
with the sole purpose of• The whole school seemed to have been designed with the sole purpose of freezing all the pupils to death.• Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid.• From then on, many changed banks, with the sole purpose of giving their previous firm a run for its money.• He had barged into her house with the sole purpose of making trouble and she felt resentful and furious about that.• She believes he bought this property from Durance with the sole purpose of turning out the others.
sole rights• Other health care professions are subordinate to the organised autonomy of doctors who claim sole rights of diagnosis and treatment.
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sole2 ●○○ noun  
1  [countableC]HBH the bottom surface of your foot, especially the part you walk or stand on 脚掌，脚底（板）
 The soles of his feet were caked in mud.
他的脚掌上沾满了泥巴。
2  shoes.jpg [countableC]DCC the flat bottom part of a shoe, not including the heel 鞋底 〔不包括鞋跟〕
 the soles of her shoes
她鞋子的鞋底
3  [countableC, uncountableU] (plural sole or soles)DFFHBF a flat fish that is often used for food 鳎（鱼） → lemon sole
 Dover sole
太平洋油鲽，龙脷
Examples from the Corpus
sole• Moving soundlessly on his thick rubber soles, he ghosted swiftly down to the lowest platform.• The rain, still fresh on the grass, began to seep through the soles of his boots.• The soles of her feet were feathery soft.• Besides menu costs, economists also discuss shoe-leather costs, because inflation makes people run around more, wearing down their soles.• The floorboards struck ice up through the unprotected soles of her feet.
soles of ... feet• He looked at the soles of the feet, making careful note of what he saw.• I had begun wearing deck shoes because the soles of my feet had turned dead white as a result of going barefoot.• They too are given a special smelly identity, for their owners have scent glands in the soles of their feet.• The soles of her feet were dyed with henna, making a brown sandal.• The floorboards struck ice up through the unprotected soles of her feet.• Sitting with soles of the feet together, pull your feet in as close to you as possible.
soles of ... shoes• I felt the new soles of my shoes.• There was thick mud underfoot; it stuck to the soles of her shoes.• The soles of her shoes had turned to tongues of ice.• Others shuffled and stamped their feet as the cold from the frosted pavement penetrated the thin soles of their shoes.
Related topics: Clothes
sole3 verb [transitiveT]  
DCCto put a sole on a shoe 给〔鞋〕配新底，给〔鞋〕换底
thick-soled/leather-soled etc (=having soles that are thick, made of leather etc) 〔鞋〕厚底的/皮底的等
n Grammar
Sole is usually passive.
From Longman Business Dictionary
solesole /səʊlsoʊl/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
1a sole thing or person is the only one
The company’s sole business is software that blocks spam.
He became the sole owner of an investment management firm.
2a sole responsibility, duty, right etc is one that is not shared with anyone else
Derek has sole responsibility for sales in this region.
When he retired, he left his partner in sole control.
Origin sole1
(1200-1300) Old French soul, from Latin solus “alone”
 sole2
1. (1300-1400) Old French Latin solea “light shoe”
2. (1300-1400) Old French Latin solea “light shoe, flat fish”
sole1 adjectiveadj →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2sole2 nounsole3 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3275 COCA: 4535
sole

noun

ADJECTIVE | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤thick, thin厚鞋底；薄鞋底▸➤leather, rubber皮革鞋底；橡膠鞋底▸➤inner（鞋的）內底PHRASES➤the sole of your boot, the sole of your shoe靴底；鞋底◇There's a hole in the sole of my shoe.我的鞋底上有個洞。➤the soles of your feet腳底◇The sand was so hot I got blisters on the soles of my feet.沙子太熱，我的腳底起了水皰。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3275 COCA: 4535
sole adj.
⇨ alone
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3275 COCA: 4535

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