| 词汇 | pensive |
| 释义 | pensive adjective uk /ˈpen.sɪv/ us /ˈpen.sɪv/ thinking in a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face: 沉思的；忧戚的 She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.她变得孤僻忧郁，几乎不和任何人说话。 Synonyms ruminativeformal wistful Deep in thought a brown studyidiom beard-stroking binary star brooding chin-stroking contemplatively deep deep in thoughtidiom introspective introspectively meditative pensively reflective reflectively ruminative ruminatively sunk thoughtfully thoughtfulness Related wordpensively pensive | American Dictionarypensive adjective us/ˈpen·sɪv/ quiet and thinking seriously: James was more pensive than usual. pensivelyadverbus/ˈpen·sɪv·li/ He gazed pensively out the window. Examples of pensivepensive Upon hearing the cue without first knowing the film, this author noted that there are no overt gestures, but generally, pensive and reflectively tragic qualities. That is, they do not trace any pensive motion of the soul or heart but are a volley of words discharged. His only chance of restoration to health and activity is a prolonged and pensive system of medical treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an expensive business because staff is ex- pensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more ex- pensive that a school makes it for people to hire a room, the more people will be against that establishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those flats are going to be far more ext pensive than the houses, and the cubic space is going to be lower, and they are not what the people want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pensive images were popular in the other two kingdoms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its dissonances and complexities juxtapose the sustained with the pointillistic, mirroring the characters' pensive but restless wanderings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The girls have a pensive dignity as though they are pondering the burdens and joylessness of a future to be spent as caryatids. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were also several songs with a softer and more pensive theme. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He however seems harmless enough, and looks rather pensive and pained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The second movement's plaintive mood makes it popular as background music for pensive or nocturnal scenes in film. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For instance, the minor triad is usually heard as sad, or at least pensive, because humans habitually hear all chords as based from below. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It can be soothingly pensive, or express romantic sentiment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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