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

• Am I not allowed to have a pensive side?
  我不能有忧郁的一面吗？
• 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,"
  每当我躺在床上不眠，或心神空茫，或默默沉思
• 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。
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.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。
• 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）。
• You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant.
  你或许还记得，每一场的结尾要么是某人作沉思状，要么是某人故作深沉。
• 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。
• Edward, noticing she was pensive, a state which he detested, asked what were her thoughts.
  爱德华见她神气凄凉，精神处于一种为他所憎恶的状态，便问她想些什么。
• 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。