1. alone此词的关键是要把握住与其相似词lonely的区别。
alone adj.& adv. “单独的; 独自地”
lonely adj. 修饰人时,意为“寂寞的”;修饰物时,意为“荒凉的;人烟稀少的”。如:
The old man lived alone on the lonely island, and he felt very lonely.老人独自一人住在荒岛上,他感到很孤独。
alone放在名词、代词后时用作adj., 意为“单独的; 独一无二的”。如:
He alone knows the secret. 只有他一人知道这个秘密。
The key alone will open the door. 只有这把钥匙能开这个门。
2. majority(常与of连用)“多数;半数以上”,谓语动词单复数均可。如:
The majority is / are for the plan. 大多数人支持这个计划。
The majority of children in the class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes. 班里大多数孩子是棕色眼睛,只有三个是蓝眼睛。
另有习惯用语:in the majority “拥有多数的;占多数的”。如:
We are in the majority. 我们是多数/占多数。
3. widely adv. “广泛地”
a widely used language 广泛使用的语言
另外,wide 除了作形容词外也可作副词,如:a wide street宽阔的街道; wide interests 广泛的兴趣; open one's eyes wide 睁大眼睛。相类似的还有high / highly; close / closely等。它们的区别是:以ly构成的副词多表示抽象意义,而不加ly的副词表示的含义比较具体。如:
James always holds his head high.(高高地) / He spoke highly of her.(高度地)
He stood close against the wall.(接近地)/ We listen to the teacher closely in class.(仔细地)