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单词 single-handed
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single-handed

adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you do something single-handed, you do it on your own, without help from anyone else.
I brought up my seven children single-handed.
She changed the face of British politics almost single-handed.
Synonyms: unaided, on your own, by yourself, alone More Synonyms of single-handed
Single-handed is also an adjective.
...a single-handed yachtsman.
...a single-handed struggle.
single-handedly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
She single-handedly turned gymnastics into a major event.

single-handed in British English

adjective, adverb
1. 
unaided or working alone
a single-handed crossing of the Atlantic
2. 
having or operated by one hand or one person only
Derived forms
single-handedly (ˌsingle-ˈhandedly)
adverb
single-handedness (ˌsingle-ˈhandedness)
noun

single-handed in American English

(ˈsɪŋgəlˈhændɪd)
adjective
1. 
having only one hand
2. 
using or requiring the use of only one hand
a single-handed sword
3. 
without help; done or working alone; unaided
adverb
4. 
by means of only one hand
5. 
without help
Derived forms
single-handedly (ˈsingle-ˈhandedly)
adverb
single-handedness (ˈsingle-ˈhandedness)
noun

Examples of 'single-handed' in a sentence
single-handed

And let's not forget he has a single-handed backhand.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She became the first woman to sail single-handed the wrong way round the world, against prevailing winds and currents.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The round-the-world races are single-handed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)

In other languages
single-handed

British English: single-handed ADVERB
If you do something single-handed, you do it on your own, without help from anyone else.
I brought up my seven children single-handed.
  • American English: single-handed
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sem ajuda
  • Chinese: 单独地
  • European Spanish: sin ayuda
  • French: sans aide
  • German: ganz allein
  • Italian: senza aiuto
  • Japanese: 単独で
  • Korean: 혼자서
  • European Portuguese: sem ajuda
  • Latin American Spanish: sin ayuda

Chinese translation of 'single-handed'

single-handed

(sɪŋɡlˈhændɪd)

adv

  1. 独(獨)自一人地 (dúzì yī rén de)
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