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be a recluse
常用冠词a，表示一种状态。
After her husband died, she became a recluse.
丈夫去世后，她成了一个家里蹲。
隐居者；隐士
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隐居者；隐士
a person who lives alone and avoids other people
After her husband died, she became a recluse.
丈夫去世后，她成了一个家里蹲。
独居的人
one who lives in solitude
After years in the city, she became a recluse and rarely left her small cottage.
在城市生活多年后，她成了隐居者，很少离开她的小屋。
The famous writer lived as a recluse in a remote mountain village.
那位著名作家在偏远的山村过着隐居生活。
He is something of a recluse, so his neighbors rarely see him.
他有点像个隐士，所以邻居们很少见到他。
常用冠词a，表示一种状态。
After her husband died, she became a recluse.
丈夫去世后，她成了一个家里蹲。
He has been living as a recluse in the mountains for years.
他在山里过着隐居生活多年。
强调转变过程。
The stress of fame turned him into a recluse.
成名的压力使他变成了一个家里蹲。
Not this
He is very recluse.
Use this
He is very reclusive.
recluse 是名词，意为'隐士'；描述性格应用形容词 reclusive。
Not this
He is recluse.
Use this
He is a recluse.
recluse 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a。中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
过隐居生活
After the scandal, he lived as a recluse in the countryside.
丑闻之后，他在乡下过着隐居生活。
变成隐士
She became a recluse after her husband died.
丈夫去世后，她变成了隐士。
几乎与世隔绝的人
He is a virtual recluse who rarely leaves his apartment.
他几乎与世隔绝，很少离开公寓。
有点像个隐士
She is a bit of a recluse and rarely goes out.
她有点像个隐士，很少出门。
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把 recluse 拆成 re + cluse，联想成‘再关闭’：不停关上门的人，就是独居的隐士。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose、news features recluse 通常带有书面、正式的色彩，多出现在文学或正式叙述中；日常口语中较少用，比较常见于描述一个人长期离群索居、避开社交的场合。
押韵词：loose /lus/、goose /ɡus/、truce /trus/ 与 recluse /rɪˈklus/ 的元音及后面的辅音相同，都是 /us/。拼写相近但发音不同：use /jus/、abuse /əˈbjus/、excuse /ɪkˈskjus/ 都以 -use 结尾，但元音前有 /j/ 音，读作 /ju/，与 recluse 的 /u/ 不同。
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