pensive
英 ['pensɪv]
美 ['pɛnsɪv]
GRE TOEFL
pensive 哀伤的，忧戚的来自拉丁语pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,dependent,pound.-s,表反复。即反复称量的，反复衡量的，引申词义哀伤的，忧戚的。词义演变比较deliberate.
- pensive
- pensive: see pansy
- pensive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant). Related: Pensively; pensiveness.
- 1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
- 他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant.
- 你或许还记得，每一场的结尾要么是某人作沉思状，要么是某人故作深沉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.
- 他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. What are you so pensive about?
- 你这么专心,在想些 什么 ?
来自辞典例句
- 5. She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
- 她有柔和的声音和深思的表情.
来自辞典例句
