pensive
英 [ˈpensɪv]
美 [ˈpensɪv]
adj. 沉思的; 忧伤的; 忧戚的
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- a pensive mood
沉重的心情 - to look pensive
神情忧伤
- a pensive mood
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.- He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
- He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
英英释义
adj
- showing pensive sadness
- the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
- 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
双语例句
- What are you so pensive about?
你这么专心，在想些什么？ - Mrs Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression.
丁太太举起蜡烛，我分辨出一张温和的脸，极像山庄上那位年轻夫人，但是在表情上更显得沉思而且和蔼。 - 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 was gone, Amy, who had been pensive all evening, said suddenly, as if busy over some new idea," Is Laurie an accomplished boy?"
待劳瑞回家了，沉思了整整一晚上的安米突然开口了，似乎脑子里有了新想法，“劳瑞是个有才华的男生吗？” - She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.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。 - He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。 - She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
她有柔和的声音和深思的表情。 - But what she had lost in ingenuous grace, she gained in pensive and serious charm.
但是，她固然失往了憨稚无知的神态，却赢回了端庄凝重的魅力。 - He had observed that miss keelder looked pensive.
他注意到茎达尔小姐显得心事重重。