Choose to Be Alone on Purpose

solitude
n. 孤独；隐居；荒僻的地方
同义词 privacy , loneliness
例句 The night regressed into utter silence and solitude.
我不知道谁为他洗衣服，他没说，但是他也肯定没提到是他自己洗的。 听 听他是这么说的："我发现没有任何同伴比独处更好。"
Apparently
adv. 显然地；似乎，表面上
apparent adj. 显而易见的；(清晰)可见的 明显的，显然的，明白易懂的，明明 白白的 外表的，表面上的，外观上的；貌似 (真实)的；未必真实的
显然，他的高洁之处主要在于：他既没有妻子也没有仆人，自己动手用 斧头砍柴，自己洗杯碟。
I don't know who did his laundry;he doesn't say,but he certainly dosen't mention doing his own ,either.Listen to him:"I never found the companion that was so companionables as solitude.
neither ...... nor
表示"既不……也不……"。其含义是否 定的，可连接任意两个并列的成份。 例句： She likes neither butter nor cheese. She is neither clever nor hardw循"就近原则"。 例如： Neither he nor she is at home today.
例句 Don't do the laundry yourself,I'll do it.
either
adj. 两者之中任一的；两者之中每 一的 prep. 任何一个 相关短语 either nor 或者 ; 也没有任何 either or 二者择一的；要么…要 么…
例句 Either or both feel dissatisfied or resentful. But it is not a replica of either nor it is a "super T". 但它既不是其中之一的翻版，也不 是“超级托斯卡那”。
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
Para.9
乔宏
课文翻译
Apparently the main point for his nobility was that he had neither wife nor servant,used his own axe to chop his own wood,and washed his own cups and saucers.
axe
n. 斧 n. (Axe)人名；(瑞典)阿克塞；(英) 阿克斯
相关短语 get the axe 被开除 an axe to grind 另有所图；有不同 意见；别有用心 ice axe 冰镐
例句 The edge of this axe has turned.
saucer
n. 1、茶碟，茶托 2、(卷边)小圆碟 3、花盆碟，花盆托 4、杯碟状物；(尤指)飞碟(=UFO)
例句 Please pick up those cups and saucers.
laundry
n. 洗衣店，洗衣房；要洗的衣服； 洗熨；洗好的衣服 [ 复数 laundries ]
相关短语 laundry detergent 洗衣粉；洗衣精 laundry bag 洗衣袋 laundry room 洗衣房；洗衣间；洗 衣室