记忆方法
1、only 唯一的：one(一)+ -ly，古英语是 ān + -lic「像……一样的」，字面意思就是「一个样的、独一份」。
2、它保留了 one 早年的双元音读法，所以 only 和 one 现在听着不太像。
3、lonely 是从 only 分出去的兄弟——「孤独」原本就是「唯一、没伴」的意思。
2、它保留了 one 早年的双元音读法，所以 only 和 one 现在听着不太像。
3、lonely 是从 only 分出去的兄弟——「孤独」原本就是「唯一、没伴」的意思。
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中文词源
only 唯一的
来自one,一，-ly,形容词后缀。即一次性的。
英语词源
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only: [OE] Only is a compound formed in the Old English period from ān, ancestor of modern English one, and -lic ‘-ly’. It originally meant ‘solitary’ as well as ‘unique’, but this sense has been taken over by the related lonely. Only preserves the early diphthongal pronunciation which its source one has lost.
=> lonely, one - only (adj.)
- Old English ænlic, anlic "only, unique, solitary," literally "one-like," from an "one" (see one) + -lic "-like" (see -ly (1)). Use as an adverb and conjunction developed in Middle English. Distinction of only and alone (now usually in reference to emotional states) is unusual; in many languages the same word serves for both. German also has a distinction in allein/einzig. Phrase only-begotten (mid-15c.) is biblical, translating Latin unigenitus, Greek monogenes. The Old English form was ancenned.
权威例句
- 1. His house was the only settled home I had as a child.
- 他的房子是我儿时唯一固定的家。
- 2. The arteries are diseased and a transplant is the only hope.
- 动脉已经发生病变，移植是唯一的希望。
- 3. The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.
- 鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。
- 4. They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.
- 他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。
- 5. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.
- 我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。
词语辨析
【unique, single, only, alone, sole】
这组词都有“唯一的”的意思，其区别是：
unique: 非正式用词，侧重在一类中唯一无可匹敌、无与伦比的特征。
single: 语气较强，强调仅此一个，再无第二个。
only: 普通用词，常可与sole换用，但侧重仅限于指定的人或物，而不需要更多。
alone: 着重专指某人或某物，而不是别的。
sole: 语气强于only，指仅有一个或一群，只考虑这一个或这一群。
【only, lonely, alone】
only: 与alone均可表“只有”，但alone须置于被修饰词之后，only往往置于被修饰词前。如：He alone (Only he) can remember the story. (只有他才能记起这段经历。)
lonely: 表“孤独”，“寂寞”，能作定语和表语。如：When she is left alone, she feels lonely. (剩下她一人时她就感到寂寞。)
alone: 只表“独自”的客观状态，没有感情色彩，只作表语；
这组词都有“唯一的”的意思，其区别是：
unique: 非正式用词，侧重在一类中唯一无可匹敌、无与伦比的特征。
single: 语气较强，强调仅此一个，再无第二个。
only: 普通用词，常可与sole换用，但侧重仅限于指定的人或物，而不需要更多。
alone: 着重专指某人或某物，而不是别的。
sole: 语气强于only，指仅有一个或一群，只考虑这一个或这一群。
【only, lonely, alone】
only: 与alone均可表“只有”，但alone须置于被修饰词之后，only往往置于被修饰词前。如：He alone (Only he) can remember the story. (只有他才能记起这段经历。)
lonely: 表“孤独”，“寂寞”，能作定语和表语。如：When she is left alone, she feels lonely. (剩下她一人时她就感到寂寞。)
alone: 只表“独自”的客观状态，没有感情色彩，只作表语；