pensive

英 [ˈpensɪv]

美 [ˈpensɪv]

adj.  沉思的; 忧伤的; 忧戚的

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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
  1. a pensive mood
     沉重的心情
  2. to look pensive
     神情忧伤

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.
  1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
     他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。

英英释义

adj

• showing pensive sadness
  1. the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
  Synonym:wistful
• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. 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
  Synonym:broodingbroodycontemplativemeditativemusingponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• 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。
• Yet the stimulation the event has left behind still ferments in the pensive minds and aspiring hearts of thousands.
  诚然，这一重大事件过后所留下的震动（激励？）依然在成千上万的沉思的头脑和有抱负的心灵当中发酵、酝酿。
• Suddenly it struck me that several of my close friends kept, somewhere in their houses, an image of me dissolving in laughter. I've always preferred a rather wistful, pensive image of myself.
  突然，我醒悟到几个自己的亲密朋友，在她们的家中的某个地方，都有一幅我融于大笑中的画面。
• A pensive Egyptian sits in front of the Luxor Temple.
  一个沉思的埃及人坐在埃及祖马寺庙的前面。
• What are you so pensive about?
  你这么专心，在想些什么？
• The woman in this painting has a pensive smile.
  画中的女人笑容很哀怨。
• He had observed that miss keelder looked pensive.
  他注意到茎达尔小姐显得心事重重。
• The painting can inspire a pensive mood.
  这幅画能引人沉思。
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.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。
• Am I not allowed to have a pensive side?
  我不能有忧郁的一面吗？