喜樂美語
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    Solitude is the state of being alone — and in English it usually carries a good feeling. It is the alone-ness you chose: a quiet morning with nobody in the house, a walk in the mountains, a room where you can finally think. Writers and musicians speak of needing solitude to work.

    Solitude is the state of being aloneSolitude指的是獨自一人的狀態 and in English it usually carries a good feeling在英文裡通常帶有正面的感覺 it is the alone-ness you chose是你自己選擇的獨處 a quiet morning with nobody in the house像家裡沒人的一個安靜早晨 a walk in the mountains一個人在山裡散步 a room where you can finally think一個終於可以靜下來想事情的房間 writers and musicians speak of needing solitude to work作家和音樂家常說他們需要solitude才能工作

    The word is normally uncountable ('she needs solitude', 'in solitude'), though you will meet a plural in older, poetic writing.

    The word is normally uncountable這個字通常是不可數名詞 'she needs solitude', 'in solitude'像'she needs solitude'、'in solitude'這樣用 though you will meet a plural in older, poetic writing不過在比較老、比較有詩意的文章裡你會看到複數形式

    The important thing for a is the difference from 'loneliness'. Loneliness is being alone and hurting because of it; solitude is being alone and being fine, even glad. English keeps two words where Chinese often uses one, so the choice you make tells the listener how you feel.

    The important thing for a learner對學習者來說最重要的 is the difference from 'loneliness'是它跟'loneliness'（寂寞）的差別 loneliness is being alone and hurting because of itloneliness是一個人，而且因此感到難受 solitude is being alone and being fine, even gladsolitude則是一個人，卻覺得自在，甚至開心 English keeps two words where Chinese often uses one英文用兩個不同的字，中文常常只用一個 so the choice you make tells the listener how you feel所以你選哪個字，就透露了你當下的感受

    Solitude is a fairly formal word — in daily speech people say 'some time alone' or 'peace and quiet'.

    Solitude is a fairly formal wordSolitude算是滿正式的字 in daily speech people say 'some time alone' or 'peace and quiet'日常口語大家比較常說'some time alone'或'peace and quiet'

    There is also a geographical use: a place can have solitude, meaning it is remote and empty of people.

    There is also a geographical use它還有一種地理上的用法 a place can have solitude一個地方可以「有solitude」 meaning it is remote and empty of people意思是那裡很偏僻，沒什麼人

    And one heavier phrase to know: 'solitary confinement' in prison is enforced aloneness, which is the opposite of the warm sense.

    And one heavier phrase to know還有一個比較沉重的說法要知道 'solitary confinement' in prison就是監獄裡的'solitary confinement'（單獨監禁） is enforced aloneness那是被強迫的獨處 which is the opposite of the warm sense正好跟前面那種溫暖的意思相反

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組成From Latin sōlitūdō, from sōlus 'alone', with -tūdō, an ending that makes a noun of state (like -ness in English). English took it through Old French. By surface analysis: sole + -itude.

同家族的字

  • solitarythe adjective from the same sōlus — alone, single
  • solefrom sōlus — the only one
  • solothe Italian form of the same Latin word — performed alone
  • desolatefrom Latin desolare, to leave alone — abandoned, empty

原始詞典資料2 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。

solitudenoun/ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/

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    Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

    • Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
    • Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.
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    A lonely or deserted place.

    • Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.
    • [S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.

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