The only single people who claim to be lonely are those who choose to be lonely.

那些说自己感到孤独的光棍，只可能是那些自己选择孤独的人。

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The only child was rumored to be selfish, lonely and maladjusted.

据传独生子女都很自私、孤独、适应能力差。

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Lonely was seeing his son only once a month since the divorce.

离婚后，他每月只能看儿子一次。这使他感到孤独。

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It is night time. And the only sound that can be heard is the long, lonely whistle coming from the train's engine.

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Dr Cole suspects this could help explain not only why the lonely are iller, but how, in evolutionary terms, this odd state of affairs has come about.

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During his career, Ronald Reagan passed through a thousand crowded places, but there was only one person, he said, who could make him lonely by just leaving the room.

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But if you linger long enough to see the entourages pass and hear the trash talk subside, boxing reveals itself to be a lonely sport men left unaccompanied, armed only with their training and their determination to push forward.

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