mournful

[US]/ˈmɔːnfl/
[UK]/ˈmɔːrnfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 哀痛的, 令人伤心的

Example Sentences

the mournful sound of a train whistle.

火车低郁的汽笛声

her large, mournful eyes.

她哀伤的大眼睛。

gave her a mournful look.

悲伤地看了她一眼

he emitted a short mournful squall.

他发出短促的一声哀叫。

the mournful sound did nothing to squash her high spirits.

这悲哀的声音根本无法抑制她高昂的情绪。

"'Mr Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice, 'you have just killed that child!'"

"`伊姆斯先生,'他以悲伤的声调说,`你刚刚把那个小孩压死了!'"

Real-world Examples

" You have dropped into your old mournful key."

“你又唱你那悲伤的老调了。”

Source: Returning Home

The sea gushed forward and backward; it was a mournful sound.

海浪反复拍击着岩石,发出悲怆的声响。

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Since that mournful period, a great change had come over me.

从那悲伤的时刻以后,我的生活也已经发生了很大的变化。

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 4

" Ah me" ! once voice said, and another said, " Oh, mournful day" .

" 唉!" 一个声音说。 另一个声音说:" 哦,伤心的一天。"

Source: Peter Pan

There's something mournful in his eyes when he looks back at Ove.

他看向欧维时,眼里露出些悲伤。

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Their strange faces, which seemed mournful and merry all at once, looked into his.

他们那古怪的面容,又悲哀又快乐,都注视着凯斯宾。

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Hence the expression, serious even to mournful, that shadowed his film-star-handsome face on the course.

所以,他表情严肃,甚至略带悲伤,这让球场上他那张原本影星般英俊的脸不那么英俊了。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

There was a long pause, broken only by the mournful creak of the floorboards below Harry's feet.

一阵长长的沉默,只有哈利脚下的地板发出哀怨的嘎吱声。

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Virginia Woolf's London in “Mrs Dalloway” (1925) is mournful, offering little succour after the first world war.

维吉尼亚·伍尔芙《达洛维夫人》(1925)中的伦敦死气沉沉,不给一战结束后的人们半分慰藉。

Source: The Economist - Arts

A listener hears the mournful feeling cowboys had for the prairie in this song called, The Dying Cowboy.

一位听客在一首名为《垂死的牛仔》的歌中,听到了牛仔们对大草原的哀伤之情。

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

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