Lonely

adj. 孤獨(dú)的, 寂寞的,，荒涼的, 人跡罕至的

It describes a feeling of sadness stemming from isolation or abandonment.

它用來來形容一種因孤獨(dú)或被遺棄而產(chǎn)生的悲傷情緒,。

例：

The lonely old man was much to be pitied by all of us.

那位孤獨(dú)的老人得到了我們大家的同情。

A person can be alone without feeling lonely, since alone describes a state of being and lonely describes an emotional response to one’s circumstances. Most people don’t feel sad when they go to the bathroom by themselves, for instance.

一個(gè)人可以alone而不感到lonely,，因?yàn)?strong>alone是一種狀態(tài),，而lonely是對(duì)一個(gè)人處境的一種情感反應(yīng)。例如,，大多數(shù)人獨(dú)自上廁所時(shí)并不感到悲傷,。

Alone

adj. 單獨(dú)的；孤獨(dú)的,；獨(dú)自的

adv. 獨(dú)自地,；單獨(dú)地

It describes a single person or object, separate from others. One who is alone is by oneself.

它形容一個(gè)單獨(dú)的人或物體，與其他個(gè)體分離的狀態(tài),。如果一個(gè)人是alone的,，就是說他/她只有自己。

例：

She went to the movies alone, because her friends talked too much.

她獨(dú)自去看電影,，因?yàn)樗呐笥言捥嗔恕?/span>

Emma realized that she was alone in the desert.

艾瑪意識(shí)到沙漠里只有她一個(gè)人。

As you can see, a person can be alone in the sense that no other people are present, or alone in the sense that he or she is unaccompanied, even in a crowd.

一個(gè)人可以是其他人不在場(chǎng)的時(shí)候alone,，也可以是沒有人陪伴的時(shí)候alone,，即使是在人群中。