词汇精选:solitary的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
孤独的,独居的
例句:
Schubert continued his solitary dreams among the stars.
舒伯特继续在星空中做他孤独的梦。
例句:
The trapper leads a solitary life in the mountains.
那个设陷阱捕猎的人孤独地生活在山里。
独自的,单独的
例句:
She enjoys long solitary walks.
她喜欢独自长距离散步。
例句:
He was kept in solitary confinement for a week.
他被单独监禁了一周。
唯一的,仅有的
例句:
They had a single aim, a solitary goal--the top!
他们有一个目的,一个唯一的目标——登上顶峰!
例句:
She couldn't answer a solitary question correctly.
她连一个问题都答不对.
n.
独居者
例句:
We cannot live like solitaries.
我们也不能象隐士一样过活呀。
例句:
He became a solitary after he was dismissed from office.
他被解职后成了隐士。
二、词义辨析:
lonely,laone,desolate,lone,solitary
这些形容词均有“孤单的,寂寞的”之意。lonely强调孤独感,含“渴望和他人在一起”的意味。alone普通用词,指独自一人的状态,有时含孤寂之意。desolate语气强烈,强调遭受损失和失去亲人所带来的难以忍受的痛苦。lone较文雅,可与lonely换用。solitary可指因被遗忘或遗弃而产生的孤独感,也可指人的生性孤僻。
三、相关短语:
solitary wave
孤波,孤立波,单波
solitary confinement
n. 单独监禁
四、参考例句:
She enjoys long solitary walks.
她喜欢独自长距离散步。
He lived in a solitary woodland.
他曾住在一个人迹罕至的林区里。
Nixon was solitary and chronically suspicious.
尼克松为人孤僻,一向疑心很大。
She leads a very solitary life.
她过着非常孤独的生活。
The old man leads a solitary life.
老人过着孤单的生活。
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.(Samuel Johnson)
无聊时万勿独处,独处时不可无聊。(塞缪尔·约翰逊)
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
无聊时万勿独处,独处时不可无聊。
The criminal was prescribed to one poor solitary place.
罪犯被限制在一个贫穷冷落的地方。
She was the most solitary person on earth.
她是这世上最孤寂的人。
The trapper leads a solitary life in the mountains.
那个设陷阱捕猎的人孤独地生活在山里。