sole 1 W3 AC / səʊl $ soʊl / 形容词 [仅用于名词前]

1 the sole person, thing etc is the only one 同义词 only :

the sole American in the room

Griffiths is the sole survivor of the crash.

The story was published with the sole purpose of selling newspapers.

2 not shared with anyone else :

Derek has sole responsibility for sales in Dublin.

The company has the sole rights to market Elton John’s records.

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sb’s sole purpose/aim Their sole purpose was to kill.

the sole reason His sole reason for calling was to shower abuse upon me.

the sole cause I’m not saying that TV violence is the sole cause of violence in society.

the sole candidate He was the sole candidate for the post.

the sole occupant The library’s sole occupant was a thin, elderly man.

the sole survivor Jack was the sole survivor of the crew.

形容词

the sole surviving/remaining member/child etc His sole surviving child, Mary, succeeded to the throne at the age of one week.

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sole responsibility She has the sole responsibility for a large family.

sole rights The company now has the sole rights to the process.

sole ownership/proprietorship He now has sole ownership of the company.

sole control/charge The school was no longer under their sole control.