alone

alone — 形容詞

1. having nobody else nearby; not in the company of any other person.

1.形容詞A2
釋義

獨自的；單獨

身邊沒有別人陪伴的狀態

having nobody else nearby; not in the company of any other person.

例句

Dimitri was alone in the kitchen when the lights suddenly went out.

燈突然熄掉時，瑪雅正獨自一人在廚房裡。

predicative: subject + be + alone + place phrase

After her flatmate moved away, Priya lived alone for almost a year.

室友搬走之後，普莉雅獨自一個人住了將近一年。

live alone collocation

同義詞
  • by yourself

    very close in meaning; slightly more conversational

  • on your own

    common in British English; implies independence as well as solitude

  • solitary

    more formal and literary; often suggests a chosen state

反義詞

文法句型

be alone

leave someone alone

用法筆記

Almost always predicative (after a linking verb such as be, feel, sit). It is unusual to place 'alone' before the noun it describes; for that, use 'lonely' or 'solitary' instead.

常見錯誤

❌I saw an alone child at the bus stop.
✅I saw a child alone at the bus stop.
💡'alone' is not used before a noun; place it after the noun or use a linking verb.
❌She feels very alone in the new school, so she has no friends.
✅She feels very lonely in the new school, so she has no friends.
💡'alone' describes a physical fact; 'lonely' describes the sad feeling.

2. considered separately from anything or anyone else; with no other people or thin

2.形容詞C1
釋義

僅僅；單就

把這一項分開來看，不算其他

considered separately from anything or anyone else; with no other people or things included.

例句

The price of fuel alone has jumped twenty percent since January.

光是燃料價格，從一月以來就漲了百分之二十。

noun + alone meaning 'just this one'

In Tokyo alone, more than thirty new cafes opened last summer.

光是東京一個城市，去年夏天就開了三十多家新咖啡店。

place name + alone for emphasis on a single area

同義詞
  • only

    more neutral; can sit before the noun, while 'alone' must follow it

  • by itself

    informal equivalent; common in everyday speech

  • in itself

    fixed phrase; emphasises a thing's own properties separate from context

反義詞

文法句型

noun + alone

the + noun + alone

用法筆記

Goes immediately after the noun or pronoun it limits, never before. Distinguish from sense 1: here 'alone' isolates one item or person from a larger set, rather than describing a state of solitude.

常見錯誤

❌Alone the rent costs nine hundred dollars.
✅The rent alone costs nine hundred dollars.
💡in this sense 'alone' must follow the noun, not start the sentence.

alone — 副詞