【 alone / lonely 】

alone   獨自的

without any other people


lonely  孤寂的   ( 心理狀態 )
 unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to



He is alone, but he is not lonely.


alone  ≠  lonely

Although he is alone, he doesn't feel lonely.
(  雖然只有他一個人,但是他一點也不會感到寂寞 :  
   可能是有他人的關懷或滿足於他現在所擁有的一切,
   所以即使他現再是一個人,也不會有孤獨感   )

Even though she worked in a crowded office, Jane felt very lonely when she first arrived in Taipei.
(  即使在擠滿人的辦公室工作,Jane初來乍到台北仍感到非常孤獨:
    就算是工作場合人很多,那種孤寂感不是人多人少可以左右的  )




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