loneliness

英 [ˈləʊnlinəs]

美 [ˈloʊnlinəs]

n.  孤独; 寂寞

复数：lonelinesses　

BNC.7735 / COCA.7051

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 孤独；寂寞
  Lonelinessis the unhappiness that is felt by someone because they do not have any friends or do not have anyone to talk to.
  1. I have so many friends, but deep down, underneath, I have a fear of loneliness.
     我虽然有很多朋友，但心底里还是惧怕寂寞。

英英释义

noun

• a disposition toward being alone
  Synonym:alonenesslonesomenesssolitariness
• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  Synonym:forlornnessdesolation
• the state of being alone in solitary isolation
  Synonym:solitariness

双语例句

• The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness.
  他在默默无闻中孤独地度过了后半生。
• Mary Shelley knew something about loneliness and abandonment.
  玛丽.雪莱知道有关孤独和遗弃的滋味。
• The loneliness and grief comes in waves.
  孤独和悲伤不断涌上心头。
• Too fairly formed for loneliness, one day she stood selected for the monarch's side.
  天生丽质难自弃，一朝选在君王侧。（白居易《长恨歌》）
• Music seemed to quiet her anxiety and loneliness.
  音乐似乎能够减轻她的焦虑和孤独。
• She was inhibited from coming to the decision to emigrate by the thought of her mother's loneliness.
  她因担心母亲会感到孤独而不能作出移居国外的决定。
• Loneliness can be horrible, but it need not remain that way
  孤独可能会很可怕，但也并非一定如此。
• I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart;
  我给你我的寂寞，我的黑暗，我心的饥渴。
• I am at the beginning of a new and unutterable loneliness.
  我再次陷入莫名的孤独寂寞中。
• Although in many ways Blair has lived a quintessential baby boomer's life, there is an air of loneliness and detachment about him.
  尽管布莱尔在很多方面反映出他属于典型的战后婴儿潮一代，他身上却也有着些许遗世独立的气质。