solitude
n[U]
(state or quality of) being alone without companions; solitary state 孤单; 独居
not fond of solitude 不喜欢孤身一人
She enjoys the solitude of her own flat. 她喜欢独自在自己的公寓里.
Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.
然后,人们可以打电话到火车站,从录音电话中获取信息,而不要安排一个专人整天接电话。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。