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词汇 sighed
释义 sighed
past simple and past participle ofsigh
sigh
verb[ I ]
uk /saɪ/ us /saɪ/
B2
to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, etc.: 叹息,叹气
She sighed deeply and sat down.她深叹一口气,坐了下来。
[ + speech ]"I wish he was here," she sighed (= she said with a sigh).“我希望他在这里,”她叹息道。
If the wind sighs, it makes a long, soft sound as it moves through trees: (风穿过树林时)发出呜咽声
I lay on my back, listening to the sound of the wind sighing in the trees.我仰面躺着,听着风穿过树林发出的呜咽声。
He sighed heavily and returned to his book.
'I'll never understand these instructions,' he sighed.
When I suggested a walk, she simply sighed.
He sighed in despair as he read the letter.
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Examples of sighed


sighed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


In the course of the presentation he sighed.
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I do not believe that the people of this country, if they sighed at all, sighed for any of those reasons.
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How they must have sighed with relief when the second day's returns came in.
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I almost felt that she sighed with relief as she said that.
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Finally, when the money—our money—ran out, the rate was allowed to fall and business sighed with relief.
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Something has been done, and our creditors have audibly sighed a sigh of relief because of it.
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In front of the national scandal, the two finally agree to marriage sighed.
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Well, she sighed, you see what we have been reduced to.
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The old man gaped at me, then shrugged and sighed.
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But he was never dead for that, said he, and sighed aloud.
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He sighed and still stared at the ceiling seemingly lost in memory.
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Rory sighed a laugh as he left.
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Fossett sighed wearily and said thanks.
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