I find it wholesome（健全的，有益健康的） to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome（疲倦的，厌倦的） and dissipating（消散） . I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude（孤独，隐居） . We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent（勤勉的，用功的） student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge College is as solitary as a dervish（托钵僧） in the desert. The farmer can work alone in the field or the woods all day, hoeing（锄地，挖掘） or chopping, and not feel lonesome, because he is employed; but when he comes home at night he cannot sit down in a room alone, at the mercy of his thoughts, but must be where he can see the folks and recreate, and, as he thinks, remunerate（酬劳，赔偿） himself for his day's solitude; and hence he wonders how the student can sit alone in the house all night and most of the day without ennui and the blues; but he does not realize that the student, though in the house, is still at work in his field, and chopping in his woods, as the farmer in his, and in turn seeks the same recreation and society that the latter does, though it may be a more condensed form of it.
Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that old musty cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette（礼仪，礼节） and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post-office, and at the sociable, and
I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. Let me suggest a few comparisons, that some one may convey an idea of my situation. I am no more lonely than the loon（懒人，笨蛋） in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company has that lonely lake, I pray?
And yet it has not the blue devils, but the blue angels in it, in the azure（蔚蓝的） tint of its waters. The sun is alone, except in thick weather, when there sometimes appear to be two, but one is a mock sun. god is alone---but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel（栗色） , or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee. I am no more lonely than the Millbrook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
相关单词：wholesome
wholesome解释：adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的
wholesome例句：
In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。
相关单词：solitude
solitude解释：n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
solitude例句：
People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
相关单词：chambers
chambers解释：n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅
chambers例句：
The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
相关单词：diligent
diligent解释：adj.勤勉的，勤奋的
diligent例句：
He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。
相关单词：solitary
solitary解释：adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士
solitary例句：
I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。
相关单词：ennui
ennui解释：n.怠倦，无聊
ennui例句：
Since losing his job,he has often experienced a profound sense of ennui.他自从失业以来，常觉百无聊赖。
Took up a hobby to relieve the ennui of retirement.养成一种嗜好以消除退休后的无聊。
相关单词：blues
blues解释：n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐
blues例句：
She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
相关单词：intervals
intervals解释：n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息
intervals例句：
The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
相关单词：etiquette
etiquette解释：n.礼仪，礼节；规矩
etiquette例句：
The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
相关单词：sociable
sociable解释：adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的
sociable例句：
Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。
相关单词：hearty
hearty解释：adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的
hearty例句：
After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。
相关单词：loon
loon解释：n.狂人
loon例句：
That guy's a real loon.那个人是个真正的疯子。
Everyone thought he was a loon.每个人都骂他神经。
相关单词：azure
azure解释：adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的
azure例句：
His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。
相关单词：tint
tint解释：n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色
tint例句：
You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。
She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。
相关单词：thaw
thaw解释：v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和
thaw例句：
The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
