wistful
英 [ˈwɪstfl] 美 [ˈwɪstfəl]

adj.

渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的

英英释义

wistful[ 英 [ˈwɪstfl] 美 [ˈwɪstfəl] ]

• adj.showing pensive sadness

  "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

  同义词：pensive

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The boy looks with wistful eyes at the toy on display.
   那男孩看著展出的玩具，眼中流露出渴望的神情。
2. The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.
   这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春。
3. His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
   他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。
4. She had a last wistful look at the house.
   她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼。

权威例句

Wistful way to surgery
Wistful | I Grew Up Too Fast
WISTFUL WISHES FOR AN ANGLICAN LITURGY
Vinton Wistful near End of Long Musical Road
Contractarianism: Wistful thinking
‘Wistful Remembrancer’: the Historiographical Problem of Macqueen-Popery
Wistful thinking: Making Inuit labour and the Nanisivik mine near Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), northern Baffin Island
Independent financial experts: From wished for to wistful thinking
A critical gaze and wistful glance at Handbook histories of social psychology: did the successive accounts by Gordon Allport and suc...
A CRITICAL GAZE AND WISTFUL GLANCE AT HANDBOOK HISTORIES OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY : DID THE SUCCESSIVE ACCOUNTS BY GORDON ALLPORT AND SU...