doleful

英 [ˈdəʊlfl]

美 [ˈdoʊlfl]

adj.  忧郁的; 悲伤的

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BNC.23935 / COCA.29302

牛津词典

adj.

• 忧郁的；悲伤的
  very sad
  1. a doleful expression/face/song
     忧郁的表情；愁苦的脸；令人悲伤的歌
  2. a doleful looking man
     哭丧着脸的男人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (表情、声音等)悲伤的，忧郁的
  Adolefulexpression, manner, or voice is depressing and miserable.
  1. He gave me a long, doleful look.
     他眼神悲伤地久久望着我。

英英释义

adj

• filled with or evoking sadness
  1. the child's doleful expression
  2. stared with mournful eyes
  3. mournful news
  Synonym:mournful

双语例句

• This week, the unresolved dispute reached its doleful climax.
  本周，久拖不决的争执达到了令人沮丧的顶峰。
• 'It was my little daughter,'said Parsons with a sort of doleful pride.
  “我的小女儿。”派逊斯答道，神情有些悲哀，但又自豪。
• Sadness is based on human individual presence, and is also individual experience of Being which is mostly comprised of doleful experience of life and which is sublimed in ancient literature.
  悲植根于人的个体存在，是在古文学中凝出的以人生悲伤体验为主要内容的个体存在经验。
• The child's doleful expression; stared with mournful eyes; mournful news.
  孩子悲哀的表情；用悲哀的神情凝视；令人悲哀的消息。
• After a long time, she told the doleful story to her friend and said she felt bemused why he would leave suddenly.
  很久以后，她把这件痛心的往事讲给朋友听，仍然不明白为什么他会忽然离去。
• Eventually, I choose to be lonely in this doleful world.
  所以我选择了一直自己赶路，在这寂寞的世界里！
• Having read the mail you sent me yesterday, I felt more than affected as well as doleful.
  看了你昨天发给我的长长的邮件，我感到无比的感动，同时也感到很忧伤。
• The chastised child looked at her father with a pathetic, doleful expression.
  被责骂的孩子哀怜地、悲伤地看着她的父亲。
• He gave me a long, doleful look.
  他眼神悲伤地久久望着我。
• Mr Zuma has his work cut out to ensure that at the close of the first African Olympics, old hands are not dredging up doleful anecdotes from the chilly and cacophonous parties of last night.
  祖马制定了自己的工作目标：确保首届非洲奥运会闭幕时，媒体老手不会挖掘昨夜寒冷而喧闹的盛会中令人沮丧的轶闻。