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

• I'll take that as a pensive "no."
  我会把你的沉思当作“是的”
• Seeing the depth of her despair, he grew pensive
  看到她陷入无限的绝望，他沉入深深的忧思中
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• The countless tiny flakes glittered in the quiet, pensive light of the street lamps.
  寂静的夜幕中，无数的小鳞片闪闪发光，给街灯笼罩上忧郁的神韵。
• The painting can inspire a pensive mood.
  这幅画能引人沉思。
• Her face soon began a pensive smile.
  她脸上一会儿就显出一种沉静庄重的微笑。
• She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
  她有柔和的声音和深思的表情。
• What are you so pensive about?
  你这么专心，在想些什么？