| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-with-others |
| 释义 | not with othersThese words are used of a person or thing that is not with other people or things. Alone is the most common word for this. You can tell me your secret - I think we're alone. He lived alone. The statue stood alone in the square. UsageAlone can only be used after a verb. Do not use alone before a noun: That person is alone. Not: I am an alone person. The phrase on your own or all on your own is often used instead of alone. All on your own is more emphatic than on your own. I like living on my own. She's graduated and is all on her own now. There are other informal phrases you can use to describe being alone. You can say you are on your lonesome in UK English, or (all) by your lonesome in US English. In UK English, you can also use the informal and old-fashioned phrase on your tod to say that you are alone. UKSure, you can play the game on your lonesome, but it's more fun with friends. USShe was all by her lonesome. UKAh, your family's gone and left you on your tod, have they? Lonesome can also refer to feeling alone. For more synonyms of lonesome, see the article at lonely. Unaccompanied can be used when someone goes somewhere alone. To everyone's great surprise, she arrived at the ball unaccompanied. Solitary is used to describe a person or thing that is the only person or thing in that place. When people are called solitary, that means that they prefer to be alone, or tend to be alone more than they tend to be with people. He was a solitary child who preferred reading a book to football. She saw a solitary figure in the distance out walking the moors. UsageThe fixed phrase solitary confinement is used to refer to a type of punishment where a person is kept alone. The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement. A reclusive person lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people. The author is notoriously reclusive and avoids the spotlight. You can also use the formal adjective seclusive to talk about someone who prefers to be alone. She was seclusive and avoided society. A person who prefers to be alone and not talk too much to other people can be said to keep to themselves or, in UK English, keep themselves to themselves. I like our new neighbours, but they keep to themselves. UK He keeps himself to himself and doesn't bother anyone. Isolated is used in more technical language to refer to things that happen rarely or so far apart from other instances that they are treated as individual events. There were isolated cases of the disease, but no widespread outbreak. Related articleswithout help |
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