每天都有孩子们来纠缠我，因为他们知道我一人独处。

Every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I <em>live</em> <em>alone</em>.

独处也能让你更有效地处理问题。

Spending time alone also allows you to more efficiently take care of problems.

独处一段时间后，你也会更加感激朋友的陪伴。

Having been alone for a bit, you will also appreciate your friends' company more.

然而，你并不一定要独处才能有这种(孤独的)感觉。

However, you don't have to actually be alone to feel that way.

独处对参与者的心理健康有不利影响。

Solitude adversely affected the participants' mental well-being.

相比之下，数学家在历史上倾向于独处。

Mathematicians, by contrast, tend historically towards solitude.

第二项研究测量了独处对低唤醒情绪的影响。

A second study measured the effects of solitude on low-arousal emotions.

值得澄清的是，这些发现与相对较短的独处时间有关。

It's worth clarifying that these findings relate to relatively brief periods of solitude.

经过15分钟的独处后，参与者的两种情绪都有所下降。

After 15 minutes of solitude, the participants showed reductions in both types of emotion.

她渴望和他在一起;要不，她宁可独处。

She longed to be with him and, failing that, to be on her own.