Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1297
alone
单独；独自
核心释义
By oneself; without other people.
- 1.
单独地；独自地
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- 2.
无需外界帮助
Without outside help.
- 3.
仅(修饰名词,置于其后)
Focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it.
独力；仅；只；单独地；独自地；无需外界帮助；仅(修饰名词,置于其后)
用法In use
She traveled alone to Japan.
用法提示：副词，修饰动词‘traveled’，表示独自一人。
He lives alone in a small apartment.
用法提示：副词，修饰动词‘lives’，表示没有他人同住。
The decision was made by the manager alone.
用法提示：副词，修饰动词‘was made’，表示没有其他人参与。
do sth alone
表示独自一人做某事，身边没有其他人陪伴。
She lives alone in a small flat near the station.
她独自住在车站附近的一间小公寓里。
noun/pronoun + alone
alone 放在名词或代词之后，表示“仅仅、只有”，此时多带强调语气。
You alone can decide what to do next.
只有你自己才能决定接下来做什么。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- live alone
- 独自生活
- She has lived alone since 2015.她自2015年以来一直独自生活。
- travel alone
- 独自旅行
- He traveled alone across the country last summer.去年夏天他独自游历了全国。
- go it alone
- 单干；独自去闯
- After years at the company, she decided to go it alone.在这家公司工作多年后，她决定单干。
- stand alone
- 独立存在；独自矗立
- The old lighthouse stands alone on the cliff.那座古老的灯塔孤零零地矗立在悬崖上。
- time alone will tell
- 只有时间能证明
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 alone 拆成 a + lone：lone 表示‘孤单的’，a 像‘一个人’，一个人孤单地待着 → alone（独自）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语、正式或文学语体 总体上属中性词，日常口语和一般书面语都常用；置于名词后表示“仅、只”的用法多用于正式或文学语体。
语法说明Grammar Note
作副词时通常不置于动词前，而放在句末或动词后。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final /əʊn/ sound with alone. Beware lookalikes spelled with -one, such as one /wʌn/, none /nʌn/, done /dʌn/, and gone /ɡɒn/ (BrE), which sound different.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
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