wistful
英 [ˈwɪstfl]
美 [ˈwɪstfl]
adj. 伤感的; (对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的
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- a wistful smile
伤感的微笑
- a wistful smile
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.- 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。 - He has a wistful look.
他神情沮丧。
- I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...
英英释义
adj
- showing pensive sadness
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
双语例句
- Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。 - She was a little wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.
她有点怅惘和哀伤,甚至有点痛苦。 - 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。 - 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。 - I had forgotten. I do not believe admiration and wistful thoughts are against the societal norm.
看来我是老糊涂了,我忘了赞美和向往也是犯罪。 - His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。 - He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.
在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾,他结束了一生。 - But it adds a wistful element to their romance.
也为他们的爱情加了一份忧郁。 - His voice is wistful, as soft as velvet.
他的惆怅的声音如丝绒般温柔。 - While most of us are content to live our lives with little more thana wistful gaze toward the heavens, others have bolder ambitions.
当我们中的大多数人满足于带着些许渴望飞向天空的眼神生活的时候,有些人立下了更大胆的雄心壮志。