1.
sad
: not happy, especially
because a happy time has ended, or because you feel sorry about someone else's
unhappiness
例：
She felt sad as she waved goodbye.
（她跟大家揮手告別的時(shí)候非常傷心。）
Don't look so sad! It won't be long until
the next holidays.
（別一臉難過(guò)的樣子！很快又能放假啦。）
There was such a sad look in her eyes.
（她眼里盡是悲傷。）
sad to see/hear/learn etc.
We were very sad to hear about Mrs White's
death.
（聽(tīng)聞懷特太太的死訊，我們都非常難過(guò)。）
sad to do something
I was glad to be going home, but sad to
leave all my friends.
（回家我當(dāng)然高興，但是要離開(kāi)朋友們，我也很難過(guò)。）
sad about
It's natural to feel sad about it when your
children finally leave home.
（孩子們長(zhǎng)大離開(kāi)家的時(shí)候，做父母的肯定會(huì)傷心，這很自然。）
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2.
depressed
: very unhappy and
without any hope for a long time, and feeling that your life will never get
better, sometimes so that this becomes a mental illness
例：
My sister's been really depressed since she
lost her job.
（我姐姐失業(yè)后，情緒一直很低落。）
A lot of people get depressed in the
winter, when the weather's bad and there's very little sunlight.
（冬天天氣不好光照很少的時(shí)候，很多人會(huì)抑郁。）
depressed about
She often gets depressed about her weight.
（想到自己的體重，她常感到很沮喪。）
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3.
down/low
: unhappy, especially
because something bad has happened to you and you cannot see how to make the
situation better
備注：
''down/low''
常用于非正式的場(chǎng)合。
例：
He's been feeling down since he failed his
driving test for the fifth time.
（他考了五次駕照都沒(méi)通過(guò)，情緒相當(dāng)?shù)吐?。?
John's pretty low at the moment—his
business is losing money.
（約翰生意虧本了，現(xiàn)在情緒很低落。）
He was feeling a bit low, so I did my best
to cheer him up.
（他那時(shí)情緒有點(diǎn)低落，我就盡力哄他開(kāi)心。）
Terry seems to be in rather low spirits
today.
（今天，泰瑞好像情緒很低落。）
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4.
down in the dumps
: feeling
unhappy and not having much interest in what is happening around you, but
usually in a way that is not very serious
備注：
''down in
the dumps''
常用于非正式的場(chǎng)合，
''dump''
的原意是“垃圾堆”。
例：
Mom's kind of down in the dumps at the
moment
—
why don't you
buy her something to cheer her up?
（媽媽現(xiàn)在情緒有點(diǎn)低落，你何不買(mǎi)點(diǎn)東西哄她開(kāi)心？）
If you're feeling down in the dumps, come
over and have a chat.
（如果你情緒低落，來(lái)我這兒，我們聊聊。）
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5.
feel blue
: to feel slightly sad
or unhappy, because something bad has happened to you or sometimes for no
particular reason
備注：
''feel
blue''
常用于非正式的場(chǎng)合。
例：
Feeling blue? Don't know who to talk to?
Phone Depression Hot Line, 24 hours a day.
（心情不好？不知道找誰(shuí)傾訴？撥打“知心姐姐”熱線，
24
小時(shí)全天候服務(wù)。）
I've been feeling kind of blue.
（我心情有點(diǎn)沮喪。）
補(bǔ)充：這里的
''blue''
是形容詞，表示“心情沮喪”，
''blue''
做名詞時(shí)，也可以表示相同的意思。
例：
A lot of women get the blues after the baby
is born.
（很多產(chǎn)婦生完孩子都會(huì)心情抑郁。）
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6.
morose
: someone who is morose
behaves in an unhappy, bad-tempered way, and does not speak much to other
people
例：
Since the accident she's been morose and
moody.
（自從那場(chǎng)事故后，她就變得心情抑郁、喜怒無(wú)常了。）
Frank was sitting alone at the table,
looking morose.
（弗朗克一個(gè)人坐在桌邊，看起來(lái)很郁悶。）
Some people become morose and depressed
when they first retire.
（有些人剛退休時(shí)會(huì)變得抑郁沮喪。）
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