doleful

英 [ˈdəʊlfl]

美 [ˈdoʊlfl]

adj.  忧郁的; 悲伤的

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BNC.23935 / COCA.29302

牛津词典

adj.

• 忧郁的；悲伤的
  very sad
  1. a doleful expression/face/song
     忧郁的表情；愁苦的脸；令人悲伤的歌
  2. a doleful looking man
     哭丧着脸的男人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (表情、声音等)悲伤的，忧郁的
  Adolefulexpression, manner, or voice is depressing and miserable.
  1. He gave me a long, doleful look.
     他眼神悲伤地久久望着我。

英英释义

adj

• filled with or evoking sadness
  1. the child's doleful expression
  2. stared with mournful eyes
  3. mournful news
  Synonym:mournful

双语例句

• A group of people inspired by heaven created Beiliang with its charm of peace and doleful sentiments, which influenced art style of northern wei.
  一群被来自上天声音赋予灵感的人，创造出了北凉静之境界和悲凉的情怀，影响着北魏的艺术风格。
• The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
  笑容消失了，取而代之的是哀伤的蹙眉。
• His doleful expression showed that he had failed in the examination.
  由他悲哀的表情可以知道他考试考坏了。
• Then the mouse came out of her jam pot, and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and they told the doleful tale.
  然后那鼠从她的果酱罐出了来，接著本杰明从头上取下了纸袋，之后他们说出了那个令人伤心的故事。
• Then with a doleful sigh, he gave Michael a thorough frisk for a weapon.
  然后他悲叹了一声，彻底搜了迈克尔的身，看他是否带有武器。
• His doleful expression_r showed that he had failed in the examination.
  从他阴沉的表情可以看出他考试没有及格。
• This had serious and doleful effects: it pushed them to seek out inappropriate risks to run, while turning down or overpricing all manner of everyday business on the grounds that it was insufficiently profitable.
  这产生了严重而可悲的效应：这迫使它们追逐不适宜的风险，同时拒绝所有形式的日常业务，或者索要高价，理由是这种业务不够赚钱。
• I once thought, in a doleful night.
  我曾经想过在寂寞的夜里；
• Europeans, by doleful contrast, were filled with envy, desperate to drag the successful down to their level.
  与之形成鲜明对比的是，欧洲人则充满了嫉妒，拼命要把那些成功人士拽到与自己相当的水平。
• He gave me a long, doleful look.
  他眼神悲伤地久久望着我。