Rueful
['ruːfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['rufl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
(a.) Expressing sorrow.
康拉德編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Doleful, mournful, dismal, melancholy, sad, sorrowful, piteous, pitiful, grievous, lugubrious.
錄入:泰茜
例句/造句/用法:
- Rebecca's wit, spirits, and accomplishments troubled her with a rueful disquiet. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I rather imagine we'll be good, said Clayton with a rueful smile. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Sergeant Cuff looked with a rueful face at the three chairs on which he had condemned himself to pass the night. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It was, therefore, with a very rueful air that he replied-- 'Why, I suppose I must. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Bumble rose with a very rueful countenance: wondering much what something desperate might be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- You are the Knight of the Rueful Countenance now. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I don't know; I really don't know,' said Giles, with a rueful countenance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Try an in'ard application, sir,' said Sam, as the red-nosed gentleman rubbed his head with a rueful visage. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Got no more,' was the rueful answer, with an accordant shake of the head. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Herbert probably would have been scratching his head in a most rueful manner at the sight of his accumulating figures. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The old gentleman looked almost as rueful as Oliver when the key grated in the lock. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
錄入:泰茜