single-handed

英 [ˌsɪŋɡl ˈhændɪd]

美 [ˌsɪŋɡl ˈhændɪd]

adv.  独自; 单枪匹马地; 独立
adj.  单枪匹马的，无助的; 适于单手使用的; 单手的

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牛津词典

adv.

• 独自；单枪匹马地；独立
  on your own with nobody helping you
  1. to sail around the world single-handed
     单人环球航行

柯林斯词典

• ADV 独自地;单独地;无人帮助地;单枪匹马地
  If you do somethingsingle-handed, you do it on your own, without help from anyone else.
  1. I brought up my seven children single-handed...
     我独自一人抚养了 7 个孩子。
  2. She changed the face of British politics almost single-handed.
     她几乎是一手改变了英国政治的面貌。
  3. Single-handedis also an adjective.
     
  4. ...a single-handed yachtsman.
     单人帆船运动员
  5. ...a single-handed struggle.
     单枪匹马的斗争

英英释义

adj

• without help from others
  1. a single-handed accomplishment
• unsupported by other people
  Synonym:unassistedunbacked

adv

• without assistance
  1. I built this house single-handedly
  Synonym:single-handedly

双语例句

• I brought up my seven children single-handed
  我独自一人抚养了7个孩子。
• He said he could beat any man there single-handed, but he drew his horns when Jack came forward.
  他扬言能单独击败在场的任何人，但当杰克走过来时他便缩头了。
• Only one person was allowed on board each yacht and he had to sail it single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean.
  每艘快艇上只准一个人，并由这个人单独驾驶横渡大西洋。
• Now it looks as if another great dining table coupling is coming to an end. The knife and fork are increasingly going their separate ways as more and more diners opt for single-handed eating.
  现如今，另一对形影不离的餐桌伴侣也可能面临劳燕分飞的命运。随着越来越多的人愿意单手进餐，刀和叉正在日益滑向分道扬镳的结局。
• No one can carry that single-handed.
  这东西一个人拿不动。
• The knife and fork are increasingly going their separate ways as more and more diners opt for single-handed eating.
  随着越来越多的人愿意单手进餐，刀和叉正在日益滑向分道扬镳的结局。
• Everyone needs friendship. No one can sail the ocean of life single-handed.
  人人都需要友谊，没有人能独自在人生的海洋中航行。
• That was in essence a policy of balance of power, whose purpose was to maintain the Balance between India and Pakistan, and avoid appearing the single-handed power dominating South Asia.
  美国对印度的政策服务于其南亚政策，即维持美国所主导的印巴均势和南亚稳定，不希望印巴之间出现任何一个可以单独支配南亚事务的大国出现。
• Running a house and family single-handed.
  一个人操持屋里屋外一家老小。
• Her job six nights a week on top of caring single-handed for seven children left her exhausted.
  她除了独力照料七个子女，还要每周做六个晚上的工作，这些使她筋疲力尽。