plaintive

美音：['pleɪntɪv] 英音：['pleɪntɪv]

简单释义：

adj.（声音）悲伤的

网络悲哀的；哀伤的；可怜的

adj.

1.表示哀怨的
2.可怜的,悲哀的,忧郁的;哭诉的
3.哀求,苦苦央求的;诉苦的
4.悲哀,哀伤的,哀恸的;凄凉的

plaintive: Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
表示伤心的；悲痛的或忧郁的
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow for old, unhappy, far-off things.
或许，悲怆的诗文流溢出古老、不幸、遥远的往事。
From somewhere in the woods beyond the pond, the plaintive calls of geese honked and died away.
从水塘彼岸的树林里不知什么地方传来几声鹅的哀鸣，转而又悠然消逝。
The university's economists have long made a plaintive request to their state: diversify. That plea is suddenly more urgent.
该大学的经济学家们长期以来一直哀请州政府实行产业多样化，而最近，“多样化”请求一时之间更为紧迫。
They appeared on camera one at a time, in a dimly lit room, and their tone was earnest and plaintive.
在一个昏暗的房间里面，他们出现在摄像机前，看起来认真而平静。
With the release of their plaintive, passionate letters, cinema's epic lovebirds can finally have their encore.
通过公开他们充满悲伤而又激情的信件，影视界的爱情鸟们将最终赢得欢呼。
The hostess stopped, with a fork in her hand, as Eliza's sweet and plaintive voice arrested her.
当老板娘听到伊丽萨温柔而凄凉的话音时站住了，手里拿着叉子。
but the words sounded like a plaintive , despairing cry and prayer for forgiveness.
可是这些话，听起来像是诉苦的绝望的喊叫，又像是祈求宽宥。

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