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aloneness

/uh-lohn/US // əˈloʊn //UK // (əˈləʊn) //

孤独感,孤独,孤独的人,孤独症

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    • : separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
    • : to the exclusion of all others or all else: One cannot live by bread alone.
    • : unique; unequaled; unparalleled: He is alone among his peers in devotion to duty.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : solitarily; solo: She prefers to live alone.
    • : only; exclusively: You alone hold the key to your happiness.
    • : without aid or help: The baby let go of the side of the crib and stood alone.

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Examples

  • But the feeling of aloneness, of isolation, never goes away.

  • This aloneness fell upon them like a thing that had a pulse and was alive.

  • There was only the sea and the sky and the stars, only the perfection of aloneness, Le rve de rester ensemble sans dessein.

  • Yet in that aloneness, when companionship was more precious than anything else on earth, neither had cried quits.

  • He found a healing chastity in his sudden aloneness; it roused in him an almost angry desire to recover his lost monasticism.

  • Wilder had cruised away, and the young consul was conscious of a sense of aloneness.