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lonely-hearts

/lohn-lee-hahrts/US // ˈloʊn liˌhɑrts //

孤独的心,寂寞的心,孤单的心,孤芳自赏

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.

Examples

  • The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.

  • You cannot take your eyes off her for the entire film, as she vamps about, chewing up scenery and spitting out hearts.

  • It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.

  • They want Marvin to be as mean and as lonely and as trashy as the characters he portrays.

  • His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.

  • In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

  • Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.

  • In the close relation and affection of these last days, the sense of alienation and antagonism faded from both their hearts.

  • God has placed the genius of women in their hearts; because the works of this genius are always works of love.

  • Ramona's saddened face smote on all the women's hearts as they met her the next morning.