“Lonely”和“alone”到底有什麼區別?

S.H.E 電影夢工廠 讀書 教育 有道考神歐陽萍老師 2019-03-15

Lonely

adj. 孤獨的, 寂寞的,荒涼的, 人跡罕至的

“Lonely”和“alone”到底有什麼區別?

It describes a feeling of sadness stemming from isolation or abandonment.

它用來來形容一種因孤獨或被遺棄而產生的悲傷情緒。

例:

The lonely old man was much to be pitied by all of us.

那位孤獨的老人得到了我們大家的同情。

A person can be alone without feeling lonely, since alone describes a state of being and lonely describes an emotional response to one’s circumstances. Most people don’t feel sad when they go to the bathroom by themselves, for instance.

一個人可以alone而不感到lonely,因為alone是一種狀態,而lonely是對一個人處境的一種情感反應。例如,大多數人獨自上廁所時並不感到悲傷。

Alone

adj. 單獨的;孤獨的;獨自的

adv. 獨自地;單獨地

“Lonely”和“alone”到底有什麼區別?

It describes a single person or object, separate from others. One who is alone is by oneself.

它形容一個單獨的人或物體,與其他個體分離的狀態。如果一個人是alone的,就是說他/她只有自己。

例:

She went to the movies alone, because her friends talked too much.

她獨自去看電影,因為她的朋友話太多了。

Emma realized that she was alone in the desert.

艾瑪意識到沙漠裡只有她一個人。

As you can see, a person can be alone in the sense that no other people are present, or alone in the sense that he or she is unaccompanied, even in a crowd.

一個人可以是其他人不在場的時候alone,也可以是沒有人陪伴的時候alone,即使是在人群中。

小結

❖ Alone describes a state of isolation or solitude when one is outside the company of others.

Alone指一個人在沒有其他人陪伴的情況下,處於一種孤立或孤獨的狀態

❖ Lonely describes a feeling of sadness or abandonment.

Lonely是一種悲傷或被遺棄的感覺。

Loneliness is often, but not always, a result of being alone.

孤獨(Loneliness)往往是獨處(alone)的結果,但也並不總是如此。

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