| 释义 |
Definition of man alone in English: man alonenoun NZ A self-reliant, rugged male, particularly as a New Zealand stereotype. he was an outsider, a man alone, living just where adventure begins Example sentencesExamples - He made the effort to suggest he is not a man alone.
- He is the key actor of his generation, through his incarnation of the dominant Pakeha cultural archetype, that of the "man alone."
- It's a portrait of a man alone.
- He is very much a man alone in this saga.
- With no car, little money, few possessions and the rural postal service as his means of communication, he was truly a man alone.
- His early poetry was apocalyptic, a man alone talking to his god about the creation of the world.
- These two books consider the man alone theme, albeit in radically different ways.
- I guess this will also add to the 'man alone' image of New Zealand cinema.
- Besides, he adds, "there is nothing better than a man alone who can live with himself".
- Ruth is a complex kind of "man alone" figure - her solitude is vulnerable rather than romantic.
Origin 1980s: from the novel Man Alone (1939) by John Mulgan. |