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wistful

英 [ˈwɪstfl]

美 [ˈwɪstfl]

adj.  伤感的; (对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的

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Collins.1 / BNC.19804 / COCA.15300

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 伤感的;(对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的
      thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in the past that you can no longer have
      1. a wistful smile
        伤感的微笑

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED (因求而不得)失意的,伤感的,惆怅的
      Someone who iswistfulis rather sad because they want something and know that they cannot have it.
      1. I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...
        我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。
      2. He has a wistful look.
        他神情沮丧。

    英英释义

    adj

    • showing pensive sadness
      1. the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
      Synonym:pensive

    双语例句

    • The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.
      那尊雕像具有一种柔和、一种独特格调、一种忧郁沉思的雅致。
    • His voice is wistful, as soft as velvet.
      他的惆怅的声音如丝绒般温柔。
    • The child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.
      那个小孩站在那里用渴望的眼神看着商店橱窗里的玩具。
    • Suddenly it struck me that several of my close friends kept, somewhere in their houses, an image of me dissolving in laughter. I've always preferred a rather wistful, pensive image of myself.
      突然,我醒悟到几个自己的亲密朋友,在她们的家中的某个地方,都有一幅我融于大笑中的画面。
    • Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
      米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。
    • His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
      他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。
    • These wistful asides are only part of the story, for him and others.
      这些发自内心深处的旁白,就他和别人而言,只是故事的一面。
    • Now she sat looking out across the park as wistful and depressed as the nature which craves variety and life can be under such circumstances.
      当她坐在那里看着对面的公园时,正像渴求变化和生命的自然界在这种时刻的情绪一样,她心里充满着企盼和忧愁。
    • I sang her a wistful ballad and strung together some rhymes to amuse her.
      我为她唱起一首恋恋不舍的情歌,把一些同韵的词串在一起,逗她高兴。
    • My friend Emily said she was happy for me, but wistful, too.
      我的朋友埃米莉(Emily)说,她为我高兴,不过也有点惋惜。