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

• His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
  他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。
• Those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds.
  那些引人怀念的小广告被失恋的人收藏了起来。
• 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。
• "Don't heave a wistful sigh like this"
  “不要发出一声渴望的叹息就像这样”
• He has a wistful look.
  他神情沮丧。
• She seems a little wistful.
  她好像有点若有所思的样子。
• 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。
• His voice is wistful, as soft as velvet.
  他的惆怅的声音如丝绒般温柔。
• 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。
• Only the angels can do that, and the angels are wise and wistful.
  只有天使能做到。天使聪慧而又不充满渴求。