only
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈəʊn.li]
- 美式音标 [ˈoʊn.li]
- 国际音标 ['əunli]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adv.只有;仅仅;刚刚
- adj.最好的;唯一的;出众的
- conj.但是;除非;然而;毕竟
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的anlic,意为仅有。
用法辨析
- only用作形容词表示“唯一的,仅有的”,可修饰单数名词,也可修饰复数名词。前面常加定冠词the或形容词性物主代词。
- 当only与另一个形容词或数词连用时, only要放在它们前面。
- only除用于表示“独生子女”外,一般不用在不定冠词an之后。
- only用作副词时,意思是“只,仅仅,才”。only还常用在名词短语之前,尤其是用在以数量词或数字起始的名词短语之前,起强调作用。
- only后可加动词不定式结构作结果状语,表示“不料,结果却”,多用于意外和不幸的场合。如果“only+动词不定式”的结构较长,可用逗号与前面的成分隔开。
- “only+ v -ing”结构也可用作结果状语,通常表示一个自然的或意料之中的结果,意为“结果(只)是”,其前一般用逗号与前面的成分隔开。
- only位于句首并修饰句子的状语时,后面的句子要倒装。
- only用于将来时常常预示着不好的或不如意的事情发生。
adj. (形容词)
adv. (副词)
英汉例句
- Practice is the only way to learn a language well.
学好一门语言的唯一途径就是实践。 - Only the lawyer can understand this agreement .
只有那律师才懂得这份协议。 - You may use these tools, only you must replace it after use.
这些工具你可以使用,不过你用完之后得重新放好。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作副词 (adv.)
用作连词 (conj.)
词组短语
- Only Yesterday 岁月的童话;只有昨日;儿时的点点滴滴;只有昨天
- Ambient Only 只是环境光;阴影区;暗影区;只是情况光
- KISS ONLY 清水级
- music only 最后说一声我爱你;我要你;听我唱歌;没有一夜不想妳
- ENGLISH ONLY 仅有英文;独尊英语;只说英文
短语
英英字典
- used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are no others
- (NOT MORE) used to show that something is limited to not more than, or is not anything other than, the people, things, amount, or activity stated
- used to refer to something that happens almost immediately after something else
- used to say that two related things are true or happened, especially when this is surprising or shocking
- (BAD RESULT) used when saying that something unpleasant will happen as a result of an action or a failure to act
- (FEEL SORRY) used to show that you feel sorry about something that cannot happen when explaining why it cannot happen
- (SILLY) used to show that you think someone has done something silly
- used to show what is the single or main reason why something mentioned in the first part of the sentence cannot be performed or is not completely true
- You use only to indicate the one thing that is true, appropriate, or necessary in a particular situation, in contrast to all the other things that are not true, appropriate, or necessary.
- You use only to introduce the thing which must happen before the thing mentioned in the main part of the sentence can happen.
- If you talk about the only person or thing involved in a particular situation, you mean there are no others involved in it.
- An only child is a child who has no brothers or sisters.
- You use only to indicate that something is no more important, interesting, or difficult, for example, than you say it is, especially when you want to correct a wrong idea that someone has or may get.
- You use only to emphasize how small an amount is or how short a length of time is.
- You use only to emphasize that you are talking about a small part of an amount or group, not the whole of it.
- Only is used after "can" or "could" to emphasize that it is impossible to do anything except the rather inadequate or limited action that is mentioned. (can)(could)
- You can use only in the expressions I only wish or I only hope in order to emphasize what you are hoping or wishing.
- You can use only before an infinitive to introduce an event which happens immediately after one you have just mentioned, and which is surprising or unfortunate.
- You can use only to emphasize how appropriate a certain course of action or type of behaviour is.
- You can use only in front of a verb to indicate that the result of something is unfortunate or undesirable and is likely to make the situation worse rather than better.
- Only can be used to add a comment which slightly changes or limits what you have just said.
- Only can be used after a clause with "would" to indicate why something is not done.
- If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- You can say that something has only just happened when you want to emphasize that it happened a very short time ago.
- You use only just to emphasize that something is true, but by such a small degree that it is almost not true at all.
- You can use only too to emphasize that something is true or exists to a much greater extent than you would expect or like.
- You can say that you are only too happy to do something to emphasize how willing you are to do it.
- if only&rarrsee if
- not only&rarrsee not
- the one and only&rarrsee one
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专业释义
- 唯一的
- 仅仅