sadden

sadden

英 ['sæd(ə)n]
　　美 ['sædn]

vt. 使悲傷，使難過；使黯淡
　　vi. 悲哀；悲痛

v.(動詞)sadden的基本意思是指人或某事物“使(某人)悲傷”,常用作及物動詞,接人作賓語。sadden有時也可用作不及物動詞,主語通常為人,用at引出悲傷的原因。

中文詞源：

sadden 使傷心，使難過

sad,傷心的，難過的，-en,使。

例句：

1. You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.
如果你陷於失敗的傷感中,你就會使前半生在嘆息中度過.

2. Don't sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
勿使親者痛仇者快。

3. Do not sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
勿使親者痛仇者快.

4. That dark Egyptian seems to me to sadden the very sun.
在我看來那個陰森的埃及人似乎會使太陽都變得黯淡無光.

5. It is something that can inspire as well as sadden people.
愛情能夠激勵一個人也能使人悲傷.