| 词汇 | plaintively |
| 释义 | plaintively adverb uk /ˈpleɪn.tɪv.li/ us /ˈpleɪn.t̬ɪv.li/ in a way that sounds slightly sad: 伤感地 "I've broken my glasses," he said plaintively.“我的眼镜摔坏了，”他哀伤地说。 He looks up plaintively and tries to explain.他哀怨地抬起头，试图解释。 See plaintive "I miss my kids," he said plaintively. The sick toddler spent all day at a daycare center plaintively calling for his mommy. She sings a traditional Irish song so plaintively that they fall silent. Describing qualities of sound audibly boomy chocolatey chuff clomp crackling ear-splitting mellifluously melodically melodiously metallically murmurous silvery squeaky staccato thready tinnily tunefully tunefulness tunelessly Examples of plaintivelyplaintively Furthermore, the way in which lyrics are sung - sarcastically, plaintively, etc. - may belie the words on the page. He asks plaintively what can be done to avoid faulty males. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It then notes rather plaintively that so far there seems inadequate support for the unitary solution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I go through this boring compendium plaintively in the hope that these references to the had old days can be scotched once and for all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I give her one assurance which she asked for, rather plaintively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen some advertising plaintively asking us to use the postcodes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask somewhat plaintively why they may not also accumulate their investment income to build up their reserve fund. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did so largely because they wished to introduce commercial radio, which they now plaintively ask us not merely to keep and sustain but to expand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we are back again in the midst of preparations for another conflict and statesmen are plaintively telling us that only in a multitude of armaments shall we find peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why have we always to be in this position of plaintively appealing to the governing classes of this country for higher standards of life for the people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am bound plaintively to ask why. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the second part, the fellow wants to sleep, and in his dreamy state can not find his tune: finally, he plaintively turns back. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The kazoo (very unusual in rock music) that plaintively sings throughout the song even has a scat quality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then she plaintively asks if she can open the package. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then we entered the car, he looked at me plaintively, without lowering his eyes... 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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