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

• A deserted old travelling palace,| flowers in utter loneliness blush.
  寥落古行宫，宫花寂寞红。（元稹《行宫》）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• I'm used to loneliness.
  我已习惯于孤独。
• He felt a sudden inexpressible loneliness.
  他突然有种说不出的孤独感。
• She was sobbing her loneliness into her pillow.
  她伏枕啜泣以泄心中的孤寂。
• I am at the beginning of a new and unutterable loneliness.
  我再次陷入莫名的孤独寂寞中。
• 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。
• 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》）