GRE

wistful单词基本解析：

adj.(因求而不得)失意的，伤感的
adj.渴望的, 忧思的, 留恋的
adj.渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的

wistful变化用词：

副词:wistfully;名词:wistfulness;
副词: wistfully | 名词: wistfulness |

wistful英英释义：

Adjective

1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire;

"those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"

2. showing pensive sadness;

"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

形容词 wistful:

showing pensive sadness

同义词：pensive

wistful[ 英 [ˈwɪstfl] 美 [ˈwɪstfəl] ]adj.showing pensive sadness

"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

同义词：pensive

wistful中文词源：

wistful 伤感的 不确定词源。可能来自不再使用的词wistly,关注的，来自whist,安静，见whist,惠斯特纸牌游戏，词义受wishful影响。

wistful用法和例句：

a wistful smile

伤感的微笑

She sighed wistfully.

她伤感地叹息。

‘If only I had known you then, ’ he said wistfully.

“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。

I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...

我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。

He has a wistful look.

他神情沮丧。

The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.

这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春.

We dare not look at her wistful eyes.

我们不敢看她那双充满渴望的眼睛.

Your wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

你热切的脸,如夜雨,搅扰着我的梦魂.

He slipped out under the cover of " The Holy City ", followed by Malvina's wistful eye.

在 “ 圣城 ” 的掩护下, 在马尔维娜渴望的眼神注视下,他溜了出来.

辞典例句

I hope I am not wistful thinking again.

我希望这一切不再是空想.

He looked out upon her with his mind's eye in the most wistful manner.

他带着无限哀怨的心情思念着她.

辞典例句

He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.

他感到有些怀念,暗地里还微微一笑.

辞典例句

You may feel wistful or sentimental after the first eclipse, July 7, but stay tuned.

在7号的月蚀之后你可能会留恋和感伤, 但是请安住于当下的转变.

She had a last wistful look at the house.

她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼.

辞典例句

She was not sad, only wistful, blanched.

她并不伤心, 只是愁闷,苍白无力.

辞典例句

Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed the some wistful respec for her.

她不但没有解雇埃拉, 反而渐渐地产生出对埃拉的真诚的敬意.

辞典例句

Mrs. Ainsworth turned to me and though she was smiling her eyes were wistful.

安斯沃思太太转向我,虽然微笑着,可眼中流露出思念之情.

Stuant's wistful tranquility and almost saintlike aloofness were hard nuts to crack, even for Sister Agatha.

斯图阿特的恼人的平静和几乎象圣徒那样的孤独很难对付, 即使阿加莎修女也不例外.

辞典例句

His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this whole meeting of men so pitiful.

他苦闷的眼睛望着那间小店,使得这整个人类的集会变成可悲悯的.

Willowherb, tender and wistful , like a pink sunset cloud, was not slow to follow.

报春花娇娜多姿, 犹如粉红色的晚霞, 紧接着亮相.

辞典例句

She was a little wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.

她有点怅惘和哀伤, 甚至有点痛苦.

辞典例句

The child looked with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.

小孩看着橱窗里的玩具,眼里露出渴求的神情.

The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.

那尊雕像具有一种柔和 、 一种独特格调 、 一种忧郁沉思的雅致.

《简明英汉词典》

A child stood seeing with wistful eyes at the toys shop window.

小孩站在橱窗前渴望地看着那些玩具.

He looked so wistful as he went away.

他恋恋不舍地走了.

辞典例句

He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.

在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾,他结束了一生.

辞典例句

A chellold stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.

小孩站在橱窗前看着里面的皮球,眼中表露出渴求的神情.

She seems a little wistful.

她好像有点若有所思的样子.

辞典例句

A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.

一个孩子以怅然若失的目光望著橱窗中的玩具.

wistful

The wit of Mencken enlivened his age.

(美国记者)门肯的风趣使他的时代生动活泼。

Her expression wistful, Jun pushed back from the jukebox.

/ 渴望的她表达,六月从自动点唱机推向后面。

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.

20岁我们按意愿做事; 30岁我们凭智慧做事; 40岁我们靠判断做事。

A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.

一个孩子以怅然若失的目光望著橱窗中的玩具。

A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.

一个孩子带着渴望的眼神,望着商店橱窗里的玩具。

A wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.

一个戏谑的玩笑; 批评家善于戏谑人的才思

A wicked prank;a critic's wicked wit.

一个戏谑的玩笑；批评家善于戏谑人的才思

A well-spun tale, a ready wit and a clear voice.

一个真正动人的故事,一点真正的智慧和一口流利的唱腔。

An old man's wit may wander (Tennyson).

一个老人也可能胡思乱想（坦尼桑）。

Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish.

不明事理的，缺乏智力的; 愚蠢的

Don't pit your puny wit against my massive intelligence.

不要拿你的小聪明来对付我高深的智慧。

Don't ask him. It is also at his wit's end.

不要问他了,他也不知道。

Like millions living in a large city.John and Eve lead lives of wistful solitude.

两个寂寞的都市男女，虽处身于很现实的环境中，但仍坚持理想，对爱情充满盼望。

Nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises.

人之才智但有滞碍，无不可读适当之书使之顺畅，一如身体百病，皆可借相宜之运动除之。

Once fall into a pit, again in your wit!

人多智慧多!

His uplifted face, with the awed and wistful look was whitened to a chalky hue in the vast building.

他一张仰起的脸不知不觉地显出一种凛然而深沉的表情；在那座庞大的建筑里，脸色白得就象石灰。

They are the wit and wisdom of the place.

他们是当地的能人贤士。

The sketches they put on were full of wit and humor.

他们表演的小品妙趣横生。

He and all his family -- to wit, mother, father, three brothers, and one dog -- were waiting for me at the station.

他即其全家,即母亲,父亲,三个兄弟,还有一条狗,都在车站接我。

He and all his family-- to wit, mother, father, three brothers, and one dog-- are waiting for me at the station.

他即其全家，即母亲，父亲，三个兄弟，还有一条狗，都在车站接我。

He looked so wistful as he went away, hearing the frolic, and evidently having none of his own.

他听到你们在玩闹，而显然他自己没什么玩的。”

His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.

他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。

He looked out upon her with his mind's eye in the most wistful manner.

他带着无限哀怨的心情思念着她。

He looked so wistful as he went away.

他恋恋不舍地走了。

He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.

他感到有些怀念，暗地里还微微一笑。

He is a nimble and versatile wit.

他是一个机敏而又多才多艺的才子。

Mr.Walters served seven presidents, and moving day, he said, is invariably a wistful time.

他曾经为七位总统服务过，他说他非常怀念在白宫工作和给总统搬家的日子。

He had the wit to telephone the police.

他机智地给警察打了电话。

His works are full of wit and vitality.

他的作品充满机智和活力。

His character is a combination of wit and kindness.

他的性格是智慧与善良的结合。

His political opponents feared his mordant wit.

他的政治对手害怕他尖酸机智的话。

His style is lighted up with flashes of wit.

他的文体闪耀着智慧的光芒。

His writing combines elegance and wit.

他的文章典雅而有风趣。

His keen wit flashes out occasionally.

他的机智不时闪露出来。

It is the combination of wit and political analysis that makes his articles so readable.

他的生花妙笔与政治分析相得益彰，使他的文章脍炙人口。

His confidence, his manliness and bravery, turn his wit into wisdom.

他的自信、男子气概和勇敢将他的风趣变为智慧。

Wit gleamed out in his talk.

他的讲话闪现着机智。

His conversation was salted with wit.

他的谈话妙趣横生。

He uncovers and visualise the Chinese’ wistful thinkong on sex.

他的陶瓷作品充满着讽刺的意味，实际上是一种视觉性的社会评论，在他日常的语言中也充满着各种讽刺。

The wistful look in his eyes suggests that he really means it.

他眼神中流露出的渴望暗示他的的确确真的是那么想的。

He hadn't the wit to say no.

他笨得连说一句拒绝的话都不会说。

He really pined for a word, and looked out upon her with his mind's eye in the most wistful manner.

他苦苦盼着她的来信，如痴如醉地思念着她。

His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this whole meeting of men so pitiful.

他苦闷的眼睛望着那间小店，使得这整个人类的集会变成可悲悯的。

He was charmed by her beauty and wit.

他被她的才貌迷住了。

And he that was healed wist not that it was Iesus.

他被治好了但没有意识到那人是伊酥。

He will leave at the end of term,to wit 30 July.

他要在期末离开, 也就是7月30日。

He will leave at the end of term, to wit 30 July.

他要在期末离开，也就是7月30日。

He gave me a taste of his acid wit.

他让我尝到了他敏锐尖刻之机智的滋味。

He turned to meet the eyes of Ione-earnest, wistful, fearful.

他转过脸来和伊俄涅的目光相遇－她的眼神诚挚、渴望、担忧。

His mordant wit appealed to students.

他那尖刻的妙语受到学生们的欢迎。

Would you folks mind rescuing me? -Can all be well, thanks to Cliff's wistful wish? -That's easy for you to say.

你们各位愿意解救我吗？-他们会愿意，幸亏有悬崖的夙愿？-你说的倒是容易。

You're brown , a credible, stable color that's reminiscent of fine wood, rich leather, and wistful melancholy.

你是褐色，一种可信又稳定的颜色令人想起好木材，富有的皮革和渴望的忧郁。

Your wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

你热切的脸，如夜雨，搅扰着我的梦魂。

At least you had the wit to ask for help.

你起码还能意识到要求救。

You terrified me out of my wit,tell me that story.

你跟我说的那个故事真把我吓死了。

There's a wistful and amused lilt to his conversation, Peering south toward Central Park from his office on 125th Street.

克林顿是个幽默风趣的谈话高手，从他在哈勒姆第125街的办公室朝南可以看到中央公园。

Full moons bring endings, and sometimes those endings make us a bit wistful and sentimental.

即满月预示结局。结果可能会令我们感到有一点伤感。

The victim had no originality, no wit.

受害者不善应付，也没有风趣。

A brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.

口才或机智的炫耀辉煌灿烂，天花乱坠，尤指在口才或才智，以及艺术表演中的艺术表现能力

On another note, an emotional loss or a something missing in your life could make you wistful today.

另一个需要注意的是，情绪上的失落或在你生活中遗失的东西会使你今天很想家。

Mr. Smith gave us a speech seasoned with wit.

史密斯先生给我们做了一次妙趣横生的演讲。

A fall in the pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

An evening with them was an evening spent taking part in a conversation that was seasoned with wit.

同他们度过一个晚上，就等于参加一次妙趣横生的谈话。

I remember you with a teary face and a wistful smile .

含着泪，我面带微笑地想着你。

The audience laughed at the comedian's wit.

喜剧演员的风趣使观众发笑。

This 76-year-old of Tsinghai lama casts a wistful glance towards his old homeland.

回首望故乡，这位七十六岁的青海老喇嘛也不禁惘然。

And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have more cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.

因此，一个人如果不写，他就需要记住很多东西; 如果不和人交谈，他就需要天笺机智; 如果不读书，他就需要更狡猾，能够假装知道他所不知道的东西。

You may feel wistful or sentimental after the first eclipse, July 7, but stay tuned.

在7号的月蚀之后你可能会留恋和感伤，但是请安住于当下的转变。

He slipped out under the cover of " The Holy City", followed by Malvina's wistful eye.

在“圣城”的掩护下，在马尔维娜渴望的眼神注视下，他溜了出来。

It was at that hour between afternoon and night when, for the idle, the wanderer, things are apt to take on a wistful aspect.

在失业者和流浪汉的眼里，这种时刻给世事蒙上了一层忧伤沉思的色调。

In the new journey of my life, I am wistful and confident to recommend myself to you.

在新的人生启程之际，我怀着一份渴盼、一份自信向您毛遂自荐。

He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.

在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾，他结束了一生。

Neither wit nor wisky could detain him then.

在这种时候，说笑话也好，喝威士忌也好，再也没有什么能把他留住了。

He is wise that has wit enough for his own affairs.

处理己事，游刃有余，乃是智者。

Oscar Wilde was a famous wit.

奥斯卡·王尔德是个著名的风趣的人。

She was at her wit's end what to do.

她一筹莫展。

Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed some wistful respect for her.

她不但没有解雇埃拉,反而渐渐地产生出对埃拉的真诚的敬意。

Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed the some wistful respec for her.

她不但没有解雇埃拉，反而渐渐地产生出对埃拉的真诚的敬意。

She was known for the quickness of her wit.

她以头脑灵活见称。

Her wistful face haunt my dreams like the rain at night.

她充满渴望的容颜萦绕在我的梦际,如夜雨一般.

用作形容词(adj.)

The boy looks with wistful eyes at the toy on display.
那男孩看著展出的玩具，眼中流露出渴望的神情。

The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.
这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春。

His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.
他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。

She had a last wistful look at the house.
她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼。

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