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ˌsingle-ˈhandedly (also single-handed) adverb ALONEif one person does something single-handedly, they do it without help from anyone else 独力地,单独地 SYN alone She brought up three children single-handedly. 她独自一人把三个孩子抚养成人。 —single-handed adjective [only before noun] a single-handed voyage across the Atlantic 只身横渡大西洋的航行Examples from the Corpussingle-handedly• But it is doubtful whether, if elected, he could single-handedly change the timetable at such a late stage.• Nader almost single-handedly changed the public's opinion of the big car companies.• Preston shrugged, as one did who had just single-handedly dispatched a Beast who Rode the Underground.• It was then left in the hands of head gardener Ken Vaughn, who ran it single-handedly for 30 years.• But the mass media do not single-handedly give shape to the contours of the political system.• Only the female can guarantee her parenthood, and to her descends the task of single-handedly rearing the young.• If I am ferreting single-handedly there is no need for any other digging implement.• He had single-handedly turned the Swan from a down-at-heel spit and gob saloon to a down-at-heel success.• Do we think we have to win all battles single-handedly when we know you have already won the war?ˌsingle-ˈhandedly adverbChineseSyllable help they without it Corpus single-handedly, something do person does one if |