lonely
英 ['ləʊnlɪ]
美 ['lonli]
英文詞源
- lonely
- lonely: [16] Lonely is a derivative of lone [14], itself a truncated form of alone. Another coinage based on lone is lonesome [17].
- lonely (adj.)
- c. 1600, "solitary, lone," from lone + -ly (1). Meaning "dejected for want of company" is from 1811. Lonely heart (n.) "a lonely-hearted person" is from 1922. Lonely hearted (adj.) is attested from 1820.
雙語例句
- 1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你獨處時感到寂寞,說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
- 我猜想她一個人過肯定很孤獨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
- 內心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去尋找瓊-保羅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I feel lost and lonely in a strange town alone.
- 在陌生的城鎮裏隻身一人,我感到不知所措、孤單寂寞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He looks for the lonely, the lost, the unloved.
- 他找的是孤獨的人、失落的人和缺少愛的人。
來自柯林斯例句