loneliness

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #6845

n. 寂寞, 孤独, 清静

发音

US /ˈloʊnlinəs/

词形变化

lonelinesses 复数 lonelinesses

别名

lanelines

教材释义与例句

名词

寂寞，孤独

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.

    不可数

    The loneliness resulting from the loss of loved ones, lack of purpose in life, and social discrimination is a real inner hell.

  2. 2.

    The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.

    寂寞

    孤独

    孤丁

    不可数

    1657, Richard Ligon, A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados, London: Humphrey Moseley, Dedicatory letter to the Bishop of Salisbury, [I] was designing a piece of Landscape […] wherein I meant to expresse […] the beauties of the Vegetables, that do adorn that place, in the highest perfection I could: But presently after, being cast into Prison, I was deprived both of light and lonelinesse, two main helpers in that Art […]

  3. 3.

    The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).

    不可数

    1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Volume 4, Chapter 3, p. 50, […] as she sat at her bed-side, indulging melancholy reveries, which the loneliness of the hour assisted […]

  4. 4.

    A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude.

    废旧 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

desolation solitariness aloneness forlornness lonesomeness

上位词 5

sadness isolation disposition temperament unhappiness

下位词 2

friendlessness reclusiveness

词源

From lonely + -ness.

来源：wiktionary