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

• 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。
• The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.
  那尊雕像具有一种柔和、一种独特格调、一种忧郁沉思的雅致。
• While most of us are content to live our lives with little more thana wistful gaze toward the heavens, others have bolder ambitions.
  当我们中的大多数人满足于带着些许渴望飞向天空的眼神生活的时候，有些人立下了更大胆的雄心壮志。
• These wistful asides are only part of the story, for him and others.
  这些发自内心深处的旁白，就他和别人而言，只是故事的一面。
• But it adds a wistful element to their romance.
  也为他们的爱情加了一份忧郁。
• 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。
• I sang her a wistful ballad and strung together some rhymes to amuse her.
  我为她唱起一首恋恋不舍的情歌，把一些同韵的词串在一起，逗她高兴。
• In the morning, on opening his eyes, he beheld it regarding him with a wistful and hungry stare.
  早晨，他一睁开眼就觉察到这个畜生盯着他的如饥似渴的眼光。
• Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
  米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。
• 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。