英文怎么形容“傷心、難過、沮喪”?(3)

2014年11月18日 12:57:20

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英文里的“傷心、難過、沮喪”還能怎么表達,我們來看看。

1. inconsolable : so sad that other people cannot make you feel happier, especially because someone has died or because something very bad has happened

例:

After the death of her baby she was inconsolable. (她的孩子死了以后,她傷心欲絕。)

Doris was inconsolable. How could her husband walk out on her like that? (多瑞斯傷心欲絕,她丈夫怎么能那樣拋下她就走了呢?)

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2. miserable : extremely unhappy, because of the situation you are in, especially because you are lonely, hungry, cold etc.

例:

All the staff seemed to look miserable and the atmosphere was not at all pleasant. (所有的員工看起來都很難過,連氣氛都很滯悶。)

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3. dejected : sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen - use this especially when this is shown in the way that someone looks, sounds etc.

例:

He looked utterly dejected when she told him he'd failed again. (她說他又沒及格,他聽了顯得非常沮喪。)

Greg sounded dejected. "Anything wrong?" I said. (格萊德的語氣聽起來很沮喪。我問:“怎么啦?”)

One glance at the doctor's dejected expression answered my question. (只要看一看醫(yī)生那個沮喪的表情,我就知道了。)

The unemployed stood at street corners, dejected. (那些失業(yè)的人,站在街角,滿臉沮喪。)

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4. downcast : sad or disappointed because of a situation or because something you hoped for did not happen

例:

Jamie seems very downcast at the moment. He misses Jenny terribly. (杰米現(xiàn)在非常難過,他很想念珍妮。)

"You mustn't be downcast" he said. "You can always try again." (他說:“別沮喪,生活永遠都可以從頭再來。”)

The photograph of her sitting on her own made her look lonely and downcast. (照片里,她一人獨坐,顯得孤單沮喪。)

He was understandably downcast after the team's loss. (球隊輸了,他心情很沮喪,這可以理解。)

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5. glum/gloomy : sad because something slightly bad has happened or you do not have much hope for the future

備注: "glum/gloomy" 常用于非正式的場合。

例:

Don't look so glum! Things aren't as bad as all that. (別這么沮喪了,事情沒那么糟糕。)

Monday morning? Feeling glum? (因為今天是周一,所以心情不爽嗎?)

Sorry to be gloomy. I've had a bit of a bad day. (抱歉,我今天過得很不爽,心情不好。)

The glum expression on the England manager's face said it all. (那個英國經(jīng)理臉上郁郁的表情說明了一切。)

Why are you in such a gloomy mood? (你為什么心情這么差?)

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6. wistful : someone who looks wistful has a slightly sad and thoughtful expression on their face, especially because they are thinking about the past or want something they cannot have

例:

Simon's face grew wistful as he thought about his happy student days. (想到自己快樂的學生時代,西蒙的臉上浮現(xiàn)出憂傷的表情。)

She looked at them with a wistful smile. "I wish I could go with you.'' (她看著他,憂傷地笑了,“真希望我能跟你一起走。”)

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7. mournful : looking or sounding very sad, as if something very bad has happened

例:

I could hear the slow, mournful music of the bagpipes. (我能聽到風笛緩慢憂傷的曲調(diào)傳來。)

The dog lay at his feet, looking up from time to time with big mournful eyes. (狗狗趴在地上,時不時抬頭看看,大眼睛里盡是憂傷。)

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