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How to pronounce only in British English: 英 [ˈəʊnli]word uk audio image

How to pronounce only in American English: 美 [ˈoʊnli] word us audio image

  • Adjective:
    being the only one; single and isolated from others
    exclusive of anyone or anything else
  • Adverb:
    and nothing more
    without any others being included or involved
    with nevertheless the final result
    in the final outcome
    except that
    never except when
    as recently as

单词词源

only
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.

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1. Only you can do that .
2. Industrial production dipped only briefly .
3. Wearing sunglasses only at midday .
4. They were emergency measures only .
5. Now there are only five .

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