alone

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English - Vietnamese dictionary

alone /ə'loun/

• phó từ & tính từ
  • một mình, trơ trọi, cô độc, đơn độc
    • alone to sit alone: ngồi một mình
    • to live all alone: sống trơ trọi một mình
  • riêng, chỉ có
    • I'm not alone in this opinion: không phải chỉ riêng tôi có ý kiến này
  • to leave alone
    • (xem) leave
  • to let alone
    • (xem) let
  • let alone
    • không kể đến, chưa nói đến, không tính đến, chưa tính đến

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Advanced English dictionary

+ adjective [not before noun] adverb
1 without any other people: I don't like going out alone at night. + He lives alone. + Finally the two of us were alone together. + She was sitting all alone in the hall. + Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.
2 without the help of other people or things: It's hard bringing up children alone. + The assassin said he had acted alone.
3 lonely and unhappy or without any friends: Carol felt all alone in the world. + I've been so alone since you went away.
4 used after a noun or pronoun to show that the person or thing mentioned is the only one: You can't blame anyone else; you alone made the decision.
5 used after a noun or pronoun to emphasize one particular thing: The shoes alone cost £200.
Idioms: go it alone to do sth without help from anyone: Andrew decided to go it alone and start his own business.
leave / let sb alone to stop annoying sb or trying to get their attention: She's asked to be left alone but the press photographers follow her everywhere.
leave / let sth alone to stop touching, changing, or moving sth: I've told you before-leave my things alone!
let alone used after a statement to emphasize that because the first thing is not true or possible, the next thing cannot be true or possible either: There isn't enough room for us, let alone any guests. + I didn't have any clothes, let alone a passport.
stand alone
1 to be independent or not connected with other people, organizations or ideas: These islands are too small to stand alone as independent states. + The problems that research is designed to solve do not stand alone, but are part of a wider context.
2 to be not near other objects or buildings: The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle.
more at TIME n.
WHICH WORD?
alone / lonely / lone
Alone, and on your own, by yourself, which are less formal and are the normal phrases used in spoken English, describe a person or thing that is separate from others. They do not mean that the person is unhappy: I like being alone in the house. + I'm going to London by myself next week. + I want to finish this on my own (= without anyone's help).
Lone/solitary/single mean that there is only one person or thing there; lone and solitary may sometimes suggest that the speaker thinks the person involved is lonely: a lone jogger in the park + long, solitary walks.
Lonely (AmE also lonesome) means that you are alone and sad: a lonely child + Sam was very lonely when he first moved to New York. It can also describe places or activities that make you feel lonely:
a lonely house.

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Thesaurus dictionary

adj.

1 unaccompanied, unescorted, solitary, by oneself, tout(e) seule, solo, unattended, unassisted; abandoned, desolate, deserted:

I am alone in the world. Leave me alone.

2 unequalled, unparalleled, unique, singular, unexcelled, unsurpassed, without equal, peerless, matchless:

As a poet, Don stands alone.

adv.

3 solitarily, by oneself, solo:

I'll walk alone.

4 only, solely, exclusively, simply, just, merely:

You alone can help me.

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Collocation

VERBS

ADV.

PREP.

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Concise dictionary

ə'ləʊn
adj.
+isolated from others
+lacking companions or companionship
+exclusive of anyone or anything else
+radically distinctive and without equal
adv.
+without any others being included or involved
+without anybody else

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