only用作形容词
1、与the连用,意为“惟一的”,作定语。如:
John is the only boy in his family.
约翰是家里惟一的男孩。
She is the only girl here who knows how to drive a car.
她是这儿惟一会开车的姑娘。
Jeremy is the only friend who lives near, all my other friends live far away.
杰里米是我惟一住得近的朋友,其余的朋友都住得很远。
2、only可修饰复数名词,意为“仅有的、惟一的一些”,作定语。如:
They were the only people present.
出席的只有他们这些人。
3、与an连用,意为“单独的”,作定语。如:
Jim was an only son of his parents.
吉姆是他父母的独子。
4、与the连用,意为“最好的、最适当的”,作定语。如:
She is the only person for the job.
她是做这项工作的最佳人选。
扩展资料
only, single, sole
这三个词都有“唯一的”意思。其区别在于:
1、single的意思是“单一的,单个的”,指不伴随、不依傍、不参与其他事物。
2、only与单数可数名词连用时意思是“唯一的”,与复数名词连用时意思是“仅有的”。例如:
That is the only fault to be found with him.那是他身上挑得出来的唯一毛病。
We were the only women there.那儿的女生只有我们几个。
3、sole强调“单独的”,而且只考虑到单独的一个。例如:
The sole survivor of the crash was a little baby.这次撞车的唯一幸存者是一个婴儿。
He is the sales representative with sole responsibility for sales in the North East.他是负责东北地区销售业务的销售代表。
4、语义上, sole>single>only。