“Lonely”和“alone”到底有什么區(qū)別？看了就明白了！

Lonely

adj. 孤獨(dú)的, 寂寞的，荒涼的, 人跡罕至的

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

它用來來形容一種因孤獨(dú)或被遺棄而產(chǎn)生的悲傷情緒。

例：

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

那位孤獨(dú)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?yàn)閍lone是一種狀態(tài)，而lonely是對一個人處境的一種情感反應(yīng)。例如，大多數(shù)人獨(dú)自上廁所時并不感到悲傷。

Alone

adj. 單獨(dú)的;孤獨(dú)的;獨(dú)自的

adv. 獨(dú)自地;單獨(dú)地

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

它形容一個單獨(dú)的人或物體，與其他個體分離的狀態(tài)。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(dú)自去看電影，因?yàn)樗呐笥言捥嗔恕?/p>

Emma realized that she was alone in the desert.

艾瑪意識到沙漠里只有她一個人。

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。

最后總結(jié)一下

? 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，處于一種孤立或孤獨(dú)的狀態(tài)

? 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(dú)(Loneliness)往往是獨(dú)處(alone)的結(jié)果，但也并不總是如此。