pensive
英 ['pens?v]
美['p?ns?v]
- adj. 沉思的，憂郁的；悲傷的，哀愁的
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?pensively;
中文詞源
pensive 哀傷的，憂戚的
來自拉丁語pendere,懸掛，稱量，詞源同pendulum,dependent,pound.-s,表反復。即反復稱量的，反復衡量的，引申詞義哀傷的，憂戚的。詞義演變比較deliberate.
英文詞源
- pensive
- pensive: see pansy
- pensive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant). Related: Pensively; pensiveness.
雙語例句
- 1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
- 他突然看起來很陰郁，一副憂慮的樣子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant.
- 你或許還記得，每一場的結尾要么是某人作沉思狀，要么是某人故作深沉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.
- 他陷入沉思之中,她不想打斷他的思路.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. What are you so pensive about?
- 你這么專心,在想些 什么 ?
來自辭典例句
- 5. She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
- 她有柔和的聲音和深思的表情.
來自辭典例句