sorrowful
英 [ˈsɒrəʊfl]
美 [ˈsɑːroʊfl]
adj. 悲伤的; 悲痛的; 悲哀的
BNC.23064 / COCA.19887
同义词辨析
sadbluebroken-hearteddistressedmiserablesorrowfulunhappywretched【导航词义：悲哀的，不愉快的】
sadadj. 伤心的，使人难过的
〔辨析〕
最普通用词，尤指因发生了令人不愉快的事情而感到难过的、悲伤的。
〔例证〕
She was very sad to hear that he would live in another city.
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
blueadj. 〈非正式〉忧郁的，沮丧的
〔辨析〕
指心情低落的，或觉得没有希望的，只作表语。
〔例证〕
Hans was blue over his dismissal.
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
broken-heartedadj. 伤心的，心碎的
〔辨析〕
尤指因所爱之人死去或离去而感到极度悲伤的。
〔例证〕
She was broken-hearted when she heard that her husband was killed in an accident.
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
distressedadj. 苦恼的，忧虑的
〔辨析〕
指某种不好的事情、行为、消息等使人感到痛苦而烦恼的。
〔例证〕
His stealing made his mother deeply distressed.
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
miserableadj. 极不愉快的，痛苦的
〔辨析〕
多指因孤单、寒冷或遭受恶劣对待而极不愉快的。
〔例证〕
He has been so miserable since his wife's death.
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
sorrowfuladj. 〈文〉悲伤的，伤心的
〔辨析〕
多指因丧失亲人等而悲伤的。
〔例证〕
We heard a sorrowful love song.
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
unhappyadj. 痛苦的，不快乐的
〔辨析〕
多指因日常生活中遇到不如意之事而感到不愉快的，侧重指心理状态，即精神上不快的或失望的。
〔例证〕
Diana's parents had an unhappy marriage.
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
wretchedadj. 不愉快的，难受的
〔辨析〕
多指因疾病、忧伤等而造成不幸的或痛苦的，可从外表上看出失望、沮丧等神情，令人同情。
〔例证〕
She was wondering why he looked so wretched.
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
牛津词典
adj.
- 悲伤的；悲痛的；悲哀的
very sad- her sorrowful eyes
她那悲伤的眼睛
- her sorrowful eyes
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 悲伤的;悲哀的;忧愁的
Sorrowfulmeans very sad.- His father's face looked suddenly soft and sorrowful...
他父亲的面容忽然温和起来，充满了忧伤。 - Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.
罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。
- His father's face looked suddenly soft and sorrowful...
双语例句
- She had these huge, brown, sorrowful eyes.
她有着大而悲伤的棕色的眼睛。 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
人在喜笑中，心也忧愁。 - But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
那少年人听见这话，就忧忧愁愁地走了，因为他的产业很多。 - She smiled at a sorrowful stranger, The smile seemed to make him feel better.
她朝一个伤感的人微笑，那微笑似乎让他感觉好些。 - Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.
罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。 - Roaming around whirly world rough breath in dark cruel blades and tears in sorrowful days.
在幽寂的世界中闲逛，在黑暗中粗鲁的呼吸，残忍的刀和眼泪在伤心的日子中消逝。 - No wonder the Bible says that he went away sorrowful.
难怪，圣经说，他忧忧愁愁地走了。 - There's a sorrowful last act for a desperate man.
对于一个绝望的人来说这最后的一幕可真是悲哀。 - His father's face looked suddenly soft and sorrowful
他父亲的面容忽然温和起来，充满了忧伤。 - It models on that poems can complain, and gives a sorrowful but beautiful structural analysis for it.
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