wistful

wistful

英[ˈwɪstfl]美[ˈwɪstfəl]

adj.(因求而不得)失意的，伤感的；

副词：wistfully;

名词：wistfulness;

例句

a wistful longing for the past对往昔岁月的怀念

The statue has a gentleness,an ambience,a wistful elegance.那尊雕像具有一种柔和、一种独特格调、一种忧郁沉思的雅致。

The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.那尊雕像具有一种柔和 、 一种独特格调 、 一种忧郁沉思的雅致.

In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。

He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾,他结束了一生.

He has a wistful look.他神情沮丧。

I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。

同义词

adj.

wistful的同义词之：渴望的;哀愁的

piningpensiveyearninghomesickmelancholynostalgicdesirouslonging

wistful的同义词之：其他释义

longingunhappymentalnostalgichomesickyearningpensivemelancholyhankeringdesirous

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

(因求而不得)失意的，伤感的，惆怅的

Someone who is wistful is rather sad because they want something and know that they cannot have it.

例句

I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。He has a wistful look.他神情沮丧。

英汉词典释义

adj.

伤感的；（对已不可能发生之事）徒然神往的

a wistful longing for the past对往昔岁月的怀念The statue has a gentleness,an ambience,a wistful elegance.那尊雕像具有一种柔和、一种独特格调、一种忧郁沉思的雅致。

adv.

惆怅地;渴望地

n.

惆怅;渴望;思念

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire;

"those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"

2. showing pensive sadness;

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