核心畫面

You can picture one person sitting by themselves, wishing there were someone to talk to, and feeling the of the empty space beside them. Lonely is that felt gap, not just being physically alone.

可以想成一個人自己坐著,很希望旁邊有人能說說話,卻只有空空的一邊——lonely 是那份『缺了個人』的酸楚,重點在心更多收起可以想成一個人自己坐著,很希望旁邊有人能說說話,卻只有空空的一邊——lonely 是那份『缺了個人』的酸楚,重點在心裡的感受,不只是身邊沒人而已。

From the picture

地方人煙稀少

從『人心裡的孤單』延伸到『地方的孤伶』:一個人身邊沒人會寂寞,一個地方幾乎沒人來往,也就顯得孤零零。

remote, few people · adjective · B1

far away from where people live, with very few people going there.

偏僻的;人煙稀少的

Also in this word

feeling sad alone · adjective · B1

Feeling sad because you are on your own, or because nobody is there to talk to.

寂寞的;孤單的

lonely experience · adjective · B1

making you feel sad and alone — used about an experience, a time, or a way of living.

孤單的(經歷/生活)

the lonely (people) · adjective · B1

people who feel sad because they are alone — used as a group with 'the'.

寂寞的人(總稱)

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lonelyadj/ˈləʊnli/

  • 1

    Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.

    • At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song
    • Well, since my baby left me, Well, I found a new place to dwell. Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel. Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely, baby Well, I'm so lonely I'll be so lonely, I could die.
  • 2

    Unfrequented by people; desolate.

    • Only to those to whom in lonely passes in the night the gods have spoken, leaning through the stars, to those that have heard the voices of the gods above the morning or seen Their faces bending above the sea, only to those hath it been given to see Sardathrion, to stand where her pinnacles gathered together in the night fresh from the dreams of gods.
    • […] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.
  • 3

    Without companions; solitary.

    • By a lone wall a lonelier column rears.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。