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 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。
• He looked so wistful as he went away, hearing the frolic and evidently having none of his own.
  他走的时候似乎闷闷不乐，若有所思；他听到你们在玩闹，而显然他自己没什么玩的。
• 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。
• But it adds a wistful element to their romance.
  也为他们的爱情加了一份忧郁。
• 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。
• 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。
• His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this this whole meeting of men so pitiful.
  他渴求的目光盯着那家小店，使得这个庙会如此令人同情。
• "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。
• My friend Emily said she was happy for me, but wistful, too.
  我的朋友埃米莉（Emily）说，她为我高兴，不过也有点惋惜。