wistful

英 [ˈwɪstfl]

美 [ˈwɪstfl]

adj.  伤感的; (对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的

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Collins.1 / BNC.19804 / COCA.15300

牛津词典

adj.

• 伤感的；（对已不可能发生之事）徒然神往的
  thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in the past that you can no longer have
  1. a wistful smile
     伤感的微笑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (因求而不得)失意的，伤感的，惆怅的
  Someone who iswistfulis rather sad because they want something and know that they cannot have it.
  1. 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。
  2. He has a wistful look.
     他神情沮丧。

英英释义

adj

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

双语例句

• I sang her a wistful ballad and strung together some rhymes to amuse her.
  我为她唱起一首恋恋不舍的情歌，把一些同韵的词串在一起，逗她高兴。
• 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。
• These wistful asides are only part of the story, for him and others.
  这些发自内心深处的旁白，就他和别人而言，只是故事的一面。
• "I used to go dancing with your father every weekend when we were young," she said with a wistful smile.
  年轻时，我曾和你父亲每周末去跳舞，她带着留恋的微笑说道。
• While most of us are content to live our lives with little more thana wistful gaze toward the heavens, others have bolder ambitions.
  当我们中的大多数人满足于带着些许渴望飞向天空的眼神生活的时候，有些人立下了更大胆的雄心壮志。
• Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
  米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。
• If you are Lady Burnewilke by now, take my letter as a wistful farewell compliment to an unlikely and wonderful love.
  如果你已经是勃纳·诀克夫人了，那么就把我这封信看作是对一场不可能实现的，美好绮丽的恋爱依依不舍的赞美词。
• He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.
  他感到有些怀念，暗地里还微微一笑。
• 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。
• My friend Emily said she was happy for me, but wistful, too.
  我的朋友埃米莉（Emily）说，她为我高兴，不过也有点惋惜。