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  • Conjugation : more  lonelier ; most  loneliest
  • Derivatives : n  loneliness ; adv  lonelily
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

lonely ['ləunlɪ]
  1. 1. adjective [+person] (sad) 孤独
  2. 2. adjective [+situation] [ period] 孤寂
  3. 3. adjective [+place] (unfrequented) 人迹罕至

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

lonely [ˈləʊnlɪ]
  1. 1. adjective 孤单的,孤独
    What a lonely man he is, she thought.
    她想,他是一个多么孤单的人啊!
    A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel.
    一个孤单渔夫站在碎石丛中。
  2. 2. adjective 寂寞
    He had never felt so lonely, so isolated.
    从未感觉如此寂寞孤独
  3. 3. adjective 孤僻
    He says he was a lonely drifter, living in foreign lands.
    他说他是一个离乡背井孤独流浪者
  4. 4. adjective 人迹罕至的,偏远
    This stretch of road is very lonely and isolated.
    这段路程非常荒凉偏远

Collins English-English Dictionary

lonely ['ləυnlɪ]
  1. 1. adj unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of others
    a lonely man
  2. 2. adj causing or resulting from the state of being alone
    a lonely existence
  3. 3. adj isolated, unfrequented, or desolate
  4. 4. adj without companions; solitary

Examples

lonely since he left
自他离开后一直很孤独
She feels lonely now that she has moved out from her parents house.
搬出父母家后,她感到很寂寞。
We will drive through a lonely stretch of desert on the way to our destination.
在去往目的地的途中,我们将穿越一片寂寥的沙漠。
(to die) a horrible/lonely death
恐怖地/孤独地死去
to feel lonely/better
感到孤独/感觉好多了
Living by oneself is very lonely.
独自一个人生活很孤单。
I could see she was lonely.
我察觉到她很孤独。

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