| 词汇 | pining |
| 释义 | pining present participle ofpine pine verb[ I ] uk /paɪn/ us /paɪn/ (also pine away) to be sad and upset for a long time, especially after the death of a loved person: （尤指因深爱的人死去而）形容枯槁，憔悴 His owner left, and the dog just pined. His wife was killed in an accident in 1904 and he pined away and died six months later. Synonym languish Becoming and making less strong abate abatement adulterant adulterate adulterated be fading away/fastidiom downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating hedge melt relieve tone something down totter tottering turn to jellyidiom undimmed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Expressing and showing feelings Phrasal verbpine for something/someone Examples of piningpining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is followed by the so-called 'pangs' of grief, intense episodes of pining for the lost person accompanied by tearfulness, anxiety and/or anger. In these fights everyone is pining for a new trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people are pining for news, and they are being completely bottled up and not getting the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are pining to be told something and have the curtain lifted up just a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are pushing them out of the modern igloo and letting them live unloved and lonely, and often pining away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good pining for those days, because the fact is that businesses are going to grow larger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must recognise that modern training techniques can substantially reduce training time; that is one reason why it is no use pining after the old apprenticeship scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are, in general, pining for planning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they pining for democratic instituions there? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Land racketeers are pining for the good old days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case she would be lamenting and pining after her son, hoping that he was okay, and not her lover. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fianc is left pining for the huntsman, eventually forgetting about the boa but never of him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She exhumes the body and buries the head in a pot of basil which she tends obsessively, while pining away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Stories are recounted of men who married bunian women but, pining for their families they left behind, decided to leave the bunian community. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Phaedra has been left alone to care for the palace, and she finds herself pining for the forests and the hunt. 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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