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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was a little wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.
  她有点怅惘和哀伤，甚至有点痛苦。
• He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.
  他感到有些怀念，暗地里还微微一笑。
• "I used to go dancing with your father every weekend when we were young," she said with a wistful smile.
  年轻时，我曾和你父亲每周末去跳舞，她带着留恋的微笑说道。
• 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。
• His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
  他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。
• I had forgotten. I do not believe admiration and wistful thoughts are against the societal norm.
  看来我是老糊涂了，我忘了赞美和向往也是犯罪。
• Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
  米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。