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 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• "Don't heave a wistful sigh like this"
  “不要发出一声渴望的叹息就像这样”
• Those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds.
  那些引人怀念的小广告被失恋的人收藏了起来。
• She was a little wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.
  她有点怅惘和哀伤，甚至有点痛苦。
• He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.
  他感到有些怀念，暗地里还微微一笑。
• 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。
• Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
  米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。
• 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。