doleful

英 [ˈdəʊlfl]

美 [ˈdoʊlfl]

adj.  忧郁的; 悲伤的

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BNC.23935 / COCA.29302

牛津词典

adj.

• 忧郁的；悲伤的
  very sad
  1. a doleful expression/face/song
     忧郁的表情；愁苦的脸；令人悲伤的歌
  2. a doleful looking man
     哭丧着脸的男人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (表情、声音等)悲伤的，忧郁的
  Adolefulexpression, manner, or voice is depressing and miserable.
  1. He gave me a long, doleful look.
     他眼神悲伤地久久望着我。

英英释义

adj

• filled with or evoking sadness
  1. the child's doleful expression
  2. stared with mournful eyes
  3. mournful news
  Synonym:mournful

双语例句

• 'It was my little daughter,'said Parsons with a sort of doleful pride.
  “我的小女儿。”派逊斯答道，神情有些悲哀，但又自豪。
• Then the mouse came out of her jam pot, and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and they told the doleful tale.
  然后那鼠从她的果酱罐出了来，接著本杰明从头上取下了纸袋，之后他们说出了那个令人伤心的故事。
• After a long time, she told the doleful story to her friend and said she felt bemused why he would leave suddenly.
  很久以后，她把这件痛心的往事讲给朋友听，仍然不明白为什么他会忽然离去。
• Other game manufacturer is unwilling also and doleful.
  其它游戏厂商也不甘寂寞。
• But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
  只有旷野的走兽卧在那里。咆哮的兽满了房屋。
• This had serious and doleful effects: it pushed them to seek out inappropriate risks to run, while turning down or overpricing all manner of everyday business on the grounds that it was insufficiently profitable.
  这产生了严重而可悲的效应：这迫使它们追逐不适宜的风险，同时拒绝所有形式的日常业务，或者索要高价，理由是这种业务不够赚钱。
• The most important is to want intentional manage to prepare, doleful, alone, helpless, anyhow, quite difficult.
  最重要的是要有心理预备，寂寞，孤独，无助，总之，挺难。
• His doleful expression_r showed that he had failed in the examination.
  从他阴沉的表情可以看出他考试没有及格。
• Without the illuminate of sunshine, the world will be how doleful cold and cheerless.
  没有阳光的照射，世界将是多么的寂寞冷清。
• Having read the mail you sent me yesterday, I felt more than affected as well as doleful.
  看了你昨天发给我的长长的邮件，我感到无比的感动，同时也感到很忧伤。