alone 和lonely
alone做形容词,一般只做表语,不做定语。意思是单独的,独自的;做副词时,只用在名词和代词之后,意为 独自;单独;只有。
Here parents were dead and she was alone.他的双亲死了,她独自一人。
He alone knows it.他是唯一知道此事的人。
lonely只做形容词,既可以做表语,又可以做定语,指一种心理状态,意思是寂寞,孤独。
指地方的时候,意思是偏僻的;僻静的。
He doesn‘t feel lonely when he is alone.他独自一人时,也不感到孤独。
This is a lonely island.这是一座荒岛。
经典习题:
The old man lives______,but he never feels______,for he is very active in life.
A. lonely;alone B.lonely;lonely
C. alone;lonely D. alone;alone
答案C
Money ______can‘t prove one happy.
A. alone B. lonely C. mere D.much
答案A 位于名词之后作“只有”讲时,用alone。