wistful
英 ['wɪs(t)fʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['wɪstfl]
- adj. 渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的
词态变化
副词: wistfully;名词: wistfulness;
中文词源
wistful 伤感的
不确定词源。可能来自不再使用的词wistly,关注的，来自whist,安静，见whist,惠斯特纸牌游戏，词义受wishful影响。
英英释意
- 1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire;
- "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"
- 2. showing pensive sadness;
- "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
英文词源
- wistful (adj.)
- 1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old English wist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully; wistfulness.
考试真题
- Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be.
2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
实用场景例句
- a wistful smile
- 伤感的微笑
牛津词典
- She sighed wistfully.
- 她伤感地叹息。
牛津词典
- ‘If only I had known you then, ’ he said wistfully.
- “要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He has a wistful look.
- 他神情沮丧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.
- 这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春.
期刊摘选
- We dare not look at her wistful eyes.
- 我们不敢看她那双充满渴望的眼睛.
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- Your wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
- 你热切的脸,如夜雨,搅扰着我的梦魂.
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- He slipped out under the cover of " The Holy City ", followed by Malvina's wistful eye.
- 在 “ 圣城 ” 的掩护下, 在马尔维娜渴望的眼神注视下,他溜了出来.
辞典例句
- I hope I am not wistful thinking again.
- 我希望这一切不再是空想.
期刊摘选
- He looked out upon her with his mind's eye in the most wistful manner.
- 他带着无限哀怨的心情思念着她.
辞典例句
- He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.
- 他感到有些怀念,暗地里还微微一笑.
辞典例句
- You may feel wistful or sentimental after the first eclipse, July 7, but stay tuned.
- 在7号的月蚀之后你可能会留恋和感伤, 但是请安住于当下的转变.
期刊摘选
- She had a last wistful look at the house.
- 她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼.
辞典例句
- She was not sad, only wistful, blanched.
- 她并不伤心, 只是愁闷,苍白无力.
辞典例句
- Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed the some wistful respec for her.
- 她不但没有解雇埃拉, 反而渐渐地产生出对埃拉的真诚的敬意.
辞典例句
- Mrs. Ainsworth turned to me and though she was smiling her eyes were wistful.
- 安斯沃思太太转向我,虽然微笑着,可眼中流露出思念之情.
期刊摘选
- Stuant's wistful tranquility and almost saintlike aloofness were hard nuts to crack, even for Sister Agatha.
- 斯图阿特的恼人的平静和几乎象圣徒那样的孤独很难对付, 即使阿加莎修女也不例外.
辞典例句
- His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this whole meeting of men so pitiful.
- 他苦闷的眼睛望着那间小店,使得这整个人类的集会变成可悲悯的.
期刊摘选
- Willowherb, tender and wistful , like a pink sunset cloud, was not slow to follow.
- 报春花娇娜多姿, 犹如粉红色的晚霞, 紧接着亮相.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- The child looked with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.
- 小孩看着橱窗里的玩具,眼里露出渴求的神情.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- A child stood seeing with wistful eyes at the toys shop window.
- 小孩站在橱窗前渴望地看着那些玩具.
期刊摘选
- He looked so wistful as he went away.
- 他恋恋不舍地走了.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- A chellold stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.
- 小孩站在橱窗前看着里面的皮球,眼中表露出渴求的神情.
期刊摘选
- She seems a little wistful.
- 她好像有点若有所思的样子.
辞典例句
- A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.
- 一个孩子以怅然若失的目光望著橱窗中的玩具.
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