wistfulness

[US]/'wistfəlnis/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 渴望,願望
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

feelings of wistfulness

懷舊的感覺

Example Sentences

But aides say they detect a bit of wistfulness in his voice.

但是助手說從他的聲音裏察覺到了一些渴望。

a sense of wistfulness

一種憂傷的感覺

wistfulness in her voice

她聲音中的憂鬱

a hint of wistfulness

一絲憂鬱

wistfulness in his eyes

他眼中的憂鬱

Real-world Examples

It has a wistfulness to it, a persuasiveness that really gets you in the heart.

它有一種渴望,一種真正讓你心動的說服力。

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

Maybe, she said with a hint of wistfulness, he could enjoy it with his own young children.

她不無惆悵地說,也許她兒子還可以與他的孩子一起欣賞呢。

Source: Past exam papers for the English major level 4 reading section.

And her filmy wandering eyes fixed themselves with an intensity of wistfulness on Mrs. Thornton's face.

她那雙薄薄的、飄忽不定的眼睛帶着強烈的渴望凝視着桑頓夫人的臉。

Source: South and North (Middle)

Then, being twenty-two, she was apt to conclude the mystic interview by laughing at herself, though not without a continued wistfulness.

然後,22 歲的她很容易以嘲笑自己來結束神祕的會面, 儘管並非沒有持續的渴望。

Source: Lonely Heart (Part 1)

He smiles warmly toward Cameron and adds with just a hint of wistfulness, He was a sweetie. But the sweetness of those early years would sour in cinematic fashion.

他對卡梅隆熱情地笑了笑,帶着一絲惆悵補充道:“他是懂事的孩子。”但早年的體貼會在電影時尚中變質。

Source: People Magazine

" Do you dislike my mind-reading" ? she asked, and, across their two just touching shoulders, gave him her sudden look of smiling wistfulness. " Do you hate it" ?

“你不喜歡我的讀心術” ?她問道,然後,隔着他們剛剛接觸的兩個肩膀, 她突然帶着渴望的微笑看了他一眼。“你討厭嗎” ?

Source: Lonely Heart (Part 1)

We were in the same Senior Society, and while we were never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.

我們倆屬於同一個高年級學生聯誼會,然而我們的關係並不密切,我總覺得他很看重我,而且帶着他那特有的粗野、蠻橫的悵惘神氣,希望我也喜歡他。

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

The oversize, silky, mutton-chop, sleeve on the aristocratic stone ledge, a picture which would be creamy with self-congratulation, were it not for a trace of wistfulness about his face, as if he can't quite believe all this success.

寬大的絲織衣服,絡腮鬍,袖子擱在貴族氣派的石架上,活脫脫一幅自鳴得意的樣子。若不是他臉上那一絲渴望的話,看起來就象是他對自己的成功完全難以置信。

Source: The Power of Art - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Mr. Grew's chest collapsed, and he became suddenly conscious of his comic face in its rim of sandy whiskers. " That's not the only way, " he said, with a touch of wistfulness which escaped his wife's analysis.

格魯先生的胸膛垮了下來,他突然意識到沙色鬍鬚邊緣有一張滑稽的臉。 “那不是唯一的方法,”他說,帶着一絲他妻子沒有分析出來的渴望。

Source: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

I found a card for a funeral service for Terrence Weber, so I tried Frank Weber and discovered, with some wistfulness, that she had named her son after her beloved husband, who had died years before he was even born.

我找到了一張泰倫斯·韋伯葬禮的卡片,於是我試了弗蘭克·韋伯, 發現她以她心愛的丈夫的名字給兒子取名,她的兒子甚至在他出生前幾年就去世了。

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

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