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

• The painting can inspire a pensive mood.
  这幅画能引人沉思。
• 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。
• "For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood,"
  每当我躺在床上不眠，或心神空茫，或默默沉思
• 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。
• He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
  他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
  她有柔和的声音和深思的表情。
• 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？
• For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
  每当我躺在床上不眠，或心神空茫，或默默沉思，它们常在心灵中闪现，那是孤独之中的福祉；于是我的心便涨满幸福，和水仙一同翩翩起舞。
• When he had ended the perusal, he folded the letter and resumed his pensive attitude.
  读完信以后，他把信叠好，恢复了他那若有所思的神情。