pensive

英 [ˈpensɪv]

美 [ˈpensɪv]

adj.  沉思的; 忧伤的; 忧戚的

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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
  1. a pensive mood
     沉重的心情
  2. to look pensive
     神情忧伤

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.
  1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
     他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。

英英释义

adj

• showing pensive sadness
  1. the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
  Synonym:wistful
• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. 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
  Synonym:broodingbroodycontemplativemeditativemusingponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• These were among the echoes to which lucie, sometimes pensive, sometimes amused and laughing, listened in the echoing corner, until her little daughter was six years old.
  这些东西都是露西在她那回音角里时而沉思、时而忍不住微笑时听见的，一直听到她的女儿长到了六岁。
• But what she had lost in ingenuous grace, she gained in pensive and serious charm.
  但是，她固然失往了憨稚无知的神态，却赢回了端庄凝重的魅力。
• Seeing the depth of her despair, he grew pensive
  看到她陷入无限的绝望，他沉入深深的忧思中
• The painting can inspire a pensive mood.
  这幅画能引人沉思。
• The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
  画中的女人笑容很哀怨。
• I'll take that as a pensive "no."
  我会把你的沉思当作“是的”
• 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。
• Edward, noticing she was pensive, a state which he detested, asked what were her thoughts.
  爱德华见她神气凄凉，精神处于一种为他所憎恶的状态，便问她想些什么。
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
  她变得孤僻忧虑，几乎不和任何人说话。
• She was pensive about her losing work.
  她在为失去工作而忧愁。