wistful

单词wistful

基本解释

adj.: 伤感的；（对已不可能发生之事）徒然神往的
网络: 渴望的；愁闷的；留恋的

权威解释

• 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

英汉解释

• 真诚的;发自内心深处的

• 沉思的,默想的;愁闷的

• 愁闷,怅惘

• 怀念;若有所思;陷入沉思

• 引起怀念的

• 渴望;想望

• 渴望的,恋恋不舍;情意绵绵的

• 渴望的,不满足似的

同义词

adj.pensivemelancholythoughtfulreflectivecontemplative

反义词

adj.satisfied

例句

• He shook his head and smiled, as though with wistful amusement at the ignorance of his younger self.

  他摇摇头，又笑了，像是在感叹自己年轻点没当爸时的想法真是无知。

• Halfway through reciting the entrees, I glanced up and saw Mom looking at me, a wistful smile on her lips.

  我念到一半时，抬头瞥见母亲正看着我，嘴角泛着若有所思的微笑。

• Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed some wistful respect 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。

• He looked so wistful as he went away, hearing the frolic and evidently having none of his own.

  他走的时候似乎闷闷不乐，若有所思；他听到你们在玩闹，而显然他自己没什么玩的。

• Would you folks mind rescuing me? -Can all be well, thanks to Cliff"s wistful wish? -That"s easy for you to say.

  你们各位愿意解救我吗？-他们会愿意，幸亏有悬崖的夙愿？-你说的倒是容易。

• Trundling chromaticism has the music roll up to a fortissimo, the orchestra still proclaiming the originally wistful piano-theme.

  向上的半音阶将音乐推向最强音，交响乐团演奏着原先的怀旧主题。

• the President will push himself back from the table, pause for a moment, and then in a tone both wistful and strong, say. . .

  总统将离开圆桌子沉思一会，然后用一种充满明智和坚定的语调，说…

• Jastrow blows phantom kisses like neutrinos across the chasm between science and religion , seeming almost wistful to make a connection .

  贾斯特罗频飞虚幻之吻，像微中子一样跨越科学和宗教之间的鸿沟，几乎是一厢情愿地要建立一种联系。

• Mr. Walters served seven presidents, and moving day, he said, is invariably a wistful time.

  他曾经为七位总统服务过，他说他非常怀念在白宫工作和给总统搬家的日子。

• His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this this whole meeting of men so pitiful.

  他渴求的目光盯着那家小店，使得这个庙会如此令人同情。