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be lonely
He is lonely.
他很孤单。
孤单的；孤寂的
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孤单的；孤寂的
lacking companions or companionship
He is lonely.
他很孤单。
因与他人隔绝而感到不快乐
Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
缺少同伴或陪伴
lacking companions or companionship
人迹罕至的；荒凉的
Unfrequented by people; desolate.
因孤独而沮丧
marked by dejection from being alone
She felt lonely on her first day at the new school.
她在新学校的第一天感到孤单。
AI contextual example
Living alone in a big city can make you lonely.
独自生活在大城市里会让人感到孤独。
AI contextual example
He was the loneliest person in the office during the holiday.
假期里他是办公室里最孤独的人。
AI contextual example
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
一个孤独的渔夫站在一小片砾石滩上
WordNet
He is lonely.
他很孤单。
I feel lonely sometimes.
我有时感到孤单。
修饰地点时表示荒凉；修饰人时表示孤独。
She lives in a lonely house.
她住在一所荒凉的房子里。
Not this
I don't like to be lonely.
Use this
I don't like to be alone.
Lonely强调情感上的孤独，而alone强调客观上的独自一人；在表示'不想独自一人'时应用alone。
Not this
He walked lonely in the park.
Use this
He walked alone in the park.
Lonely是形容词，不能直接修饰动词；表示'独自走路'应用副词alone。
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感到孤独
She started to feel lonely after her friends moved away.
朋友们搬走后，她开始感到孤独。
孤独的人
A lonely person often longs for companionship.
一个孤独的人常常渴望陪伴。
荒凉的地方
The old house stood in a lonely place far from the village.
那栋老房子坐落在远离村庄的荒凉地方。
孤寂的生活
He lived a lonely life after his wife passed away.
妻子去世后，他过着孤寂的生活。
孤独的心灵
The song speaks to every lonely heart searching for love.
这首歌打动了每一个寻找爱的孤独心灵。
孤独的夜晚
She spent a lonely night staring at the ceiling.
她盯着天花板度过了一个孤独的夜晚。
孤独的心（常指寻找伴侣的人）
She posted an ad in the lonely hearts column of the local newspaper.
她在当地报纸的征友栏目中刊登了一则广告。
像云一样孤独（形容非常孤独）
After moving to a new city, he wandered the streets as lonely as a cloud.
搬到新城市后，他像云一样孤独地在街头游荡。
孤独之路（比喻艰难孤独的历程）
Pursuing a career in art can be a lonely road.
追求艺术生涯可能是一条孤独之路。
孤独，我如此孤独，我没有一个可以属于我的人。
I feel lonely when I am away from home.
当我离开家时，我感到孤独。
我很孤独。
She admitted she was lonely after moving to a new city.
她承认搬到新城市后她很孤独。
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lonely 中有 'one'，寓意只有你一个人，感到孤单。
中性
Only 'only' shares the exact rhyme /əʊnli/. Other -ly words like 'holy', 'wholly', 'homely', 'lovely', 'friendly' have different vowel sounds or lack the /n/ sound; they are spelling lookalikes.
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