Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #3842
Fully loadedlonely
孤单的；孤寂的
lacking companions or companionship
- 1.
Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
因与他人隔绝而感到不快乐
- 2.
lacking companions or companionship
缺少同伴或陪伴
- 3.
Unfrequented by people; desolate.
人迹罕至的；荒凉的
- 4.
marked by dejection from being alone
因孤独而沮丧
- 5.
Without companions; solitary.
没有同伴的；孤独的
- 6.
characterized by or preferring solitude
喜欢独处的
因与他人隔绝而感到不快乐；缺少同伴或陪伴；人迹罕至的；荒凉的；因孤独而沮丧；没有同伴的；孤独的
In use
She felt lonely on her first day at the new school.
Living alone in a big city can make you lonely.
He was the loneliest person in the office during the holiday.
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
a lonely soul
felt sad and lonely
the loneliest night of the week
a lonely existence
be lonely
Connections
Collocations
- feel lonely
- 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。
- lonely person
- 孤独的人
- A lonely person often longs for companionship.一个孤独的人常常渴望陪伴。
- lonely place
- 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。
- lonely life
- 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。
- lonely heart
- 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。
- lonely night
Learner notes
Memory Tip
lonely 中有 'one'，寓意只有你一个人，感到孤单。
Context & Register
中性
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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