Alone

(adj.) radically distinctive and without equal; 'he is alone in the field of microbiology'; 'this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem'; 'Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint'; 'craftsmen whose skill is unequaled'; 'unparalleled athletic ability'; 'a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history' .

(adj.) exclusive of anyone or anything else; 'she alone believed him'; 'cannot live by bread alone'; 'I'll have this car and this car only' .

(adj.) isolated from others; 'could be alone in a crowded room'; 'was alone with her thoughts'; 'I want to be alone' .

(adj.) lacking companions or companionship; 'he was alone when we met him'; 'she is alone much of the time'; 'the lone skier on the mountain'; 'a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel'; 'a lonely soul'; 'a solitary traveler' .

(adv.) without anybody else or anything else; 'the child stayed home alone'; 'the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing'; 'he flew solo'.

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• Well, you're not geese, you're swans--anything you like, only do, do leave Miss Sedley alone. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I am young, as you see; I am alone, as you see. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Who has locked you up here alone? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When they were alone, Mr. Lorry asked him what he had done? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Miss Ophelia and the physician alone felt no encouragement from this illusive truce. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The let-alone policy had demoralized this force so that probably but little more than one-half of it was ever present in garrison at any one time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• After we had been alone awhile we were glad to see the others again. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Men cannot live by thought alone; the world of sense is always breaking in upon them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But Adrian is alone, wifeless, childless, unoccupied. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was good entertainment; but only half-enjoyed, since I was alone: you should have been there. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• But as he followed Madame Olenska into the hall he thought with a sudden hunger of being for a moment alone with her at the door of her carriage. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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