pensive

pensive

英 ['pensɪv]
　　美 ['pɛnsɪv]

adj. 沉思的，憂鬱的；悲傷的，哀愁的

中文詞源：

pensive 哀傷的，憂戚的

來自拉丁語pendere,懸掛，稱量，詞源同pendulum,dependent,pound.-s,表反復。即反復稱量的，反復衡量的，引申詞義哀傷的，憂戚的。詞義演變比較deliberate.

例句：

1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
他突然看起來很陰鬱，一副憂慮的樣子。

2. You may remember the way each scene ended with someone looking pensive or significant.
你或許還記得，每一場的結尾要麼是某人作沉思狀，要麼是某人故作深沉。

3. He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.
他陷入沉思之中,她不想打斷他的思路.

4. What are you so pensive about?
你這麼專心,在想些 什麼 ?

5. She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
她有柔和的聲音和深思的表情.