alone
adjective [ after verb ], adverb uk/əˈləʊn/ us/əˈloʊn/
A2 单独（的），独自（的）;孤独的（地），无伴的（地）
without other people
He likes being alone in the house. 他喜欢自己一个人呆在家里。
She decided to climb the mountain alone. 她决定独自去爬那座山。
Do you like living alone? 你喜欢独居吗？
At last, we're alone together (= there are just the two of us here). 终于，我们可以享受二人世界了。
The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the spread of English. 感受到自己国家的母语面临着英语广泛使用压力的不仅仅是瑞典人。
I don't like the man and I'm not alone in that (= other people agree). 我不喜欢那个人，而且并不是我一个人这样觉得。
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- It's inexcusable that such young children were left in the house alone.
- Go away and leave me alone!
- I got the impression that they'd rather be alone.
- It appears that she left the party alone.
- You're mad to walk home alone at this time of night.
alone
adjective [ after noun ] uk/əˈləʊn/ us/əˈloʊn/
C2 唯一，仅仅，只有
without any others
She alone needs to decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her). 她必须自己决定做什么。
These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that he's not to be trusted. 仅凭这些事实就可以看出他这个人不可信。
He won't get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else). 仅凭个人魅力他是不会得到这份工作的。
The airfare alone would use up all my money, never mind the hotel bills. 光买飞机票就会让我分文不剩，更别说住旅馆了。
Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality. 价格本身并不能准确反映质量。
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- Words alone cannot convey the untold misery endured by people in these refugee camps.
- He truly believes he can cure himself by willpower alone.
- Is it more democratic to hold a referendum, rather than let the government alone decide?
- These problems might not be solved by money alone, but they will assuredly not be solved without it.
- This year alone eight police officers have been killed in the line of duty.