melancholy
英 [ˈmelənkəli] 美 [ˈmelənkɑli]

n.

忧郁；悲哀；愁思；闷闷不乐

adj.

忧郁的；悲伤的；凄凉的；阴沉的

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U]忧郁，悲哀 feeling of sadness

adj.(形容词)

1. (令人)悲哀的；(令人)沮丧的 very sad or making you feel sadness

英英释义

melancholy[ 'melənkəli ]

• n.
  • a feeling of thoughtful sadness
  • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

    同义词：black bile

• adj.
  • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

    "growing more melancholy every hour"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

    同义词：melancholic

  • grave or even gloomy in character

    同义词：sombersombre

同近义词辨析

melancholy, unhappy, blue, sad, sorrowful, gloomy

这组词都有“忧伤的，悲哀的，伤感的”的意思，其区别是：

melancholy指经常性的忧郁或悲哀，多用于文学描写中。

unhappy多指日常生活中遇到不如意的事而感到不愉快、不幸，侧重指心理状态。

blue非正式用词，语气较随便，指较强烈的忧郁或沮丧。

sad最常用词，泛指一切形式的悲伤，着重暂时的不幸或感觉的忧伤。

sorrowful多指因丧失亲人等原因所引起的悲哀，也指由于错误而产生的悔恨交加的心情。

gloomy指愁眉苦脸，令他人也感到扫兴。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Melancholy is the preponderant mood of the poem.
   忧郁的感情是该诗的基调。
2. The melancholy of Antonio is caused by the serious social background rather than his own personality.
   剧中安东尼奥的忧郁不仅是个性使然,更具有沉重的社会背景
3. Her sweet words dispersed his melancholy.
   她的温柔话语驱散了他的忧愁。
4. There in the melancholy, in the dreariness, Bertha found a bitter fascination.
   在这里，在阴郁、倦怠之中，伯莎发现了一种刺痛人心的魅力。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. You must rid yourself of this melancholy mood.
   你一定要摆脱这种忧愁情绪。
2. She fell into a train of melancholy thoughts.
   于是她陷进了一种连续不绝的忧郁思想里。
3. A funeral is a melancholy occasion.
   葬礼是一个令人忧伤的场合。
4. The church bell clashed its melancholy note.
   教堂的钟敲出悲凉的调子。
5. The receipt of her letter threw me into melancholy state.
   一收到她的来信，我便陷入深深的忧郁中。

权威例句

The Melancholy of Race
Melancholy gender—refused identification.
The Nature of Melancholy. From Aristotle to Kristeva.
The Age of Melancholy: Major Depression and its Social Origins
Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders by Adam M. McKeown
The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by Anne Anlin Cheng
Saturn and Melancholy: Studies in the History of Natural Philosophy, Religion and Art
The Melancholy Science: An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adorno. by Gillian Rose
Are we entering an age of melancholy? Depressive illnesses in a prospective epidemiological study over 25 years: the Lundby Study, S...
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