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单词

mournful

读音
ˈmɔːrnfl
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英式
词根

"mournful" 的词根是 "mourn",这是一个动词,意为“哀悼”,“悲伤”。它由中世纪的英文 "murnen" 演变而来,原意是表示痛苦和悲痛。 由此词根衍生出来的其他单词包括:"mourner"(哀木者),"mournful"(悲伤的),"mournfully"(悲伤地),"mournfulness"(悲痛)。

释义

adj. 悲哀的;令人惋惜的

例句

He looked mournful, even near to tears.
他看上去很悲伤,几乎要掉泪了。
I couldn't bear the mournful look on her face.
我受不了她脸上那忧伤的神情。
One voice said, and another said, "Oh, mournful day."
一个声音说,另一个声音说,"噢,悲伤的一天。"

强化记忆

你可以把 "mournful" 想象成 "mourn"(哀悼)+"-ful"(充满)。所以 "mournful" 就是"充满哀悼的"。“Mournful”一词源自古英语词汇“murnan”,意为“悲痛”,该词在人类历史的许多部分,特别是文学和诗歌中,具有深远的影响。例如在莎士比亚的作品中就多次使用了这个词。

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His best-known poems are songs of grief, or in his words,“mournful and never-ending remembrance.”“The Raven,” in which the speaker projects his grief onto a bird
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大学英语六级近十年真题,经济学人(The Economist)