retiredness keep oneself to oneself forsake society and live alone hole up cut oneself off from society retire into oneself live within oneself live in solitude keep to yourself
The old man has been a loner all his life.
那位老人一生离群索居。
—— 给力词典精选That confident fellow always keeps himself to himself.
那个自信的家伙总是离群索居。
—— 给力词典精选When we are isolated and poor, we are not infrequently forgotten.
当我们一贫如洗, 离群索居的时候,往往是没人想到我们的。
—— 辞典例句He lived apart , in his big house with his granddaughter.
他带着孙女离群索居, 住在一所大宅子里。
—— 辞典例句In the meantime she retired within herself.
于是她离群索居了。
—— 辞典例句