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

• Why you are still singing a pensive lay there for youth?
  为什么你还在那里吟唱青春的哀歌？
• 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。
• 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。
• He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
  他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thoughts.
  他陷入沉思之中，她不想打断他的思路。
• I'll take that as a pensive "no."
  我会把你的沉思当作“是的”
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.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。
• One day he was surprised to observe that he had of late insensibly fallen into the habit of thinking a good deal in a pensive sort of way about Ida and those German days.
  有一天，他很惊讶地注意到自己不知不觉养成一种怀念的习惯，那就是在忧思中怀念起许多关于艾达和那些在德国日子的事。
• She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
  她有柔和的声音和深思的表情。
• The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
  画中的女人笑容很哀怨。