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

• He had observed that miss keelder looked pensive.
  他注意到茎达尔小姐显得心事重重。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thoughts.
  他陷入沉思之中，她不想打断他的思路。
• A pensive lyrical piece of music ( especially for the piano).
  一种沉思的抒情的音乐（尤指钢琴曲）。
• Am I not allowed to have a pensive side?
  我不能有忧郁的一面吗？
• 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。
• Mrs Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression.
  丁太太举起蜡烛，我分辨出一张温和的脸，极像山庄上那位年轻夫人，但是在表情上更显得沉思而且和蔼。
• Why you are still singing a pensive lay there for youth?
  为什么你还在那里吟唱青春的哀歌？
• 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。
• I'll take that as a pensive "no."
  我会把你的沉思当作“是的”
• What are you so pensive about?
  你这么专心，在想些什么？