Solitary

(a)

1. (a) (usu. attrib.) (living) alone; without companions 单独的；独居的；独自的

e.g. a solitary walk

独自一人的散步

e.g. lead a solitary life

过独居的生活

e.g. One solitary tree grew on the mountainside.

山腰上孤零零地长着一颗树。

(b) fond of being alone; used to being alone 喜欢独处的；习惯于独处的

e.g. a solitary kind of person

喜欢离群索居的人

2. not often visited; in a lonely remote place 人迹罕至的；荒僻的

e.g. a solitary valley

荒僻的山谷

e.g. far-flung solitary villages

偏远冷清的村落

3. (usu attrib) (esp in negative sentences and questions) only one; single 唯一的；仅有的

e.g. There's not a solitary instance (i.e. not even one) of this having happened before.

这样的事以前一次也没有发生过。

e.g. She couldn't answer a solitary question correctly.

她连一个问题都答不对。

(n)

1. (U) solitary confinment

e.g. He's in solitary for the weekend.

他周末遭单独禁闭。

2. (C) (fml) person who chooses to live completely alonel hermit 喜欢完全独居的人；隐士

引申

Solitarily

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引申

Solitary confinement

(also infml solitary) prison punishment in which sb is kept alone in a separate cell 隔离监禁

e.g. He has been put in solitary confinement for attacking another prisoner.

他因伤害另一囚犯而被隔离监禁。

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