两个英语单词的区别

分类: 外语/出国

问题描述:

alone 和loney两个单词的区别，请详细地说明，最好有例子。谢谢

解析:

〔误〕The old man lived lone but he didn't feel lonely.

〔正〕The old man lived alone, but he didn't feel lonely.

第一句话为什么错了呢？因为lone(孤单的，寂寞的)只能做定语，比如：In that cloudy sky only one lone star could be seen.(在那多云的天上,只能看到孤零零的一颗星星。)lone做star的定语。alone则只能作表语，比如：She watches TV when she is alone.(独自一人时,她便看电视。)

这位独居的老人，却并不感到lonely，可见，这个词多指感情上与感觉上的孤独，举个例子：When his wife died, he was very lonely.(太太死后他非常孤独。)

此外，lonely表示"偏僻的，荒凉的"，试体会这个句子：

Crusoe was alone on the lonely island, but he didn't feel lonely.