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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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