plaintive

英 [ˈpleɪntɪv]

美 [ˈpleɪntɪv]

adj.  (声音)悲伤的，哀怨的

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20476 / COCA.19048

牛津词典

adj.

• （声音）悲伤的，哀怨的
  sounding sad, especially in a weak complaining way
  1. a plaintive cry/voice
     凄楚的哭泣 / 声音

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 悲伤的；哀怨的
  Aplaintivesound or voice sounds sad.
  1. They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls...
     他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
  2. Her voice was small and plaintive.
     她的声音微弱而哀伤。

英英释义

adj

• expressing sorrow
  Synonym:mournful

双语例句

• I thought back to those plaintive cliff top exhortations, Just come here and realise your dreams, and wondered what Teresa Teng would make of it all.
  我又想起悬崖上大喇叭里的那些充满哀伤语气的劝词：到我们这边来，你会梦想成真，不知邓丽君再世，会如何理解这一切？
• She had a plaintive way of saying," When Papa was rich we did so-and-so," which was very touching, and her long words were considered'perfectly elegant'by the girls.
  她说“爸爸有钱的那个时候我们如何如何”这句话时，悲哀婉转，令人感动，她拖长了的发音也被姑娘们视为“绝顶优雅”。
• She was completely unmoved by the prospect of my family and I not being able to eat for a week and she dismissed my plaintive appeals as no concern of hers.
  她对我和家人整整一周没钱吃饭的前景完全无动于衷，无视我悲哀的请求，因为这不关她的事。
• Her voice was a little plaintive.
  她的声音有点儿伤感。
• There was a plaintive wail from the sofa: "What about me?"
  沙发上传来伤心的呜咽声：“那我呢？”
• But what I'm sure is that the silent plaintive moan must be the last song of life!
  但我相信，那些哀怨的无声的诉说，一定是一种生命的绝唱！
• From somewhere in the woods beyond the pond, the plaintive calls of geese honked and died away.
  从水塘彼岸的树林里不知什么地方传来几声鹅的哀鸣，转而又悠然消逝。
• They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls
  他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
• She kept this faint smile even when singing plaintive songs. I'm a sucker for this kind of thing and the tears rolled.
  她唱悲歌时也保持着淡淡的微笑。我最易受这种情形的打动，于是热泪滚滚。
• Regardless cold wind array and the cold rain is plaintive, I also hear my warm heart sounds clearly sincere beating.
  无论寒风阵阵冷雨凄切，我也分明听到我温暖的心音真挚如初。