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

• Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness
  很多失聪者都有孤独无助的感觉。
• 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。
• 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。
• Emily wrote poems that expressed feelings of loneliness or seclusion.
  艾米莉的诗表达了她的孤独和与世隔离的情感。
• I am at the beginning of a new and unutterable loneliness.
  我再次陷入莫名的孤独寂寞中。
• Her shyness condemned her to a life of loneliness.
  她生性腼腆，这使得她的生活很孤独。
• They frequently plumb the depths of loneliness, humiliation and despair
  他们常常陷入孤独、屈辱和绝望的深渊。
• He felt a sudden inexpressible loneliness.
  他突然有种说不出的孤独感。
• The motif of these volumes is that 'solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty.'
  这几卷的主题是“孤独是灵魂的财富，寂寞是灵魂的贫瘠”。
• 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。