pensive
英 [ˈpensɪv]
美 [ˈpensɪv]
adj. 沉思的; 忧伤的; 忧戚的
BNC.22406 / COCA.18665
牛津词典
adj.
- 沉思的;忧伤的;忧戚的
thinking deeply about sth, especially because you are sad or worried- a pensive mood
沉重的心情 - to look pensive
神情忧伤
- a pensive mood
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 沉思的;忧思的
If you arepensive, you are thinking deeply about something, especially something that worries you slightly.- He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
他突然看起来很阴郁,一副忧虑的样子。
- He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
英英释义
adj
- showing pensive sadness
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
双语例句
- The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
画中的女人笑容很哀怨。 - You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant.
你或许还记得,每一场的结尾要么是某人作沉思状,要么是某人故作深沉。 - She was pensive about her losing work.
她在为失去工作而忧愁。 - When he had ended the perusal, he folded the letter and resumed his pensive attitude.
读完信以后,他把信叠好,恢复了他那若有所思的神情。 - Mrs Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression.
丁太太举起蜡烛,我分辨出一张温和的脸,极像山庄上那位年轻夫人,但是在表情上更显得沉思而且和蔼。 - A pensive lyrical piece of music ( especially for the piano).
一种沉思的抒情的音乐(尤指钢琴曲)。 - I'll take that as a pensive "no."
我会把你的沉思当作“是的” - The countless tiny flakes glittered in the quiet, pensive light of the street lamps.
寂静的夜幕中,无数的小鳞片闪闪发光,给街灯笼罩上忧郁的神韵。 - Am I not allowed to have a pensive side?
我不能有忧郁的一面吗? - Yet the stimulation the event has left behind still ferments in the pensive minds and aspiring hearts of thousands.
诚然,这一重大事件过后所留下的震动(激励?)依然在成千上万的沉思的头脑和有抱负的心灵当中发酵、酝酿。