wistful
音标：
美音：/ˈwɪstf(ə)l/，英音：/ˈwɪstf(ə)l/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
In one scene, a wistful Mr. Marcos asks Irene as she begs him to leave the palace: “How will I face my grandchildren? Their grandfather is a soldier, but he retreated from war.”
在一个场景中，当艾琳恳求他离开宫殿时，一位忧伤的马科斯先生问艾琳：“我将如何面对我的孙子们？他们的祖父是一名军人，但他退出了战争。”
—New York Times
Jim Seals, who as part of the duo Seals and Crofts crafted memorably wistful 1970s hits like “Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl,” died June 6 at age 80.
吉姆·海尔斯 (Jim Seals) 于 6 月 6 日去世，享年 80 岁，他作为海豹和克罗夫茨二人组的一员制作了《夏日微风》和《钻石女郎》等令人难忘的 1970 年代热门歌曲。
—Washington Post
Whatever the feeling was – happy or sad, wistful or discouraged, subdued or passionate – KK was the answer.
无论感觉是什么——快乐或悲伤、渴望或沮丧、压抑或热情——KK 就是答案。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
showing pensive sadness
adj. （因求而不得）失意的，伤感的；思念的，怀旧的
同义词：
pensive
短释义：
Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something. "Wist" isn’t even a word that’s used anymore, but you can still be wistful.
这两个词只有一个字母分开，但“wishful”是对某事抱有希望，wistful 是对某事感到悲伤或忧郁。 “Wist”这个词甚至不再被使用，但你仍然可以充满渴望。
长释义：
People who appear wistful often show a longing for something or a look of serious reflection. One way to describe the adjective wistful is as the sad appearance of someone looking back and thinking "if only…" A thoughtful or pensive mood centered on something good in the past that is missed or something not so good in the present that could have been better "if only" something had gone differently — these things make for a wistful outlook.
表现出渴望的人通常表现出对某事的渴望或认真思考的表情。描述形容词 wistful 的一种方式是某人回首往事并思考“如果……”的悲伤表情，一种沉思或沉思的心情，集中在过去的美好事物被错过或现在不太美好的事物可能“要是”事情有所不同就好了——这些事情让人怀念。
文学例句：
As Hina speaks, my parents’ faces relax, grow wistful, as they remember when they were young and full of dreams.
当 Hina 说话时，我父母的脸放松了，变得渴望，就像他们记得他们年轻时充满梦想一样。
—Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
There is a certain wistful, almost jealous, look in the ladies’ eyes as they gossip.
女士们八卦时，眼中流露出一种渴望的、几乎是嫉妒的神情。
—The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
Instead of climbing the rotting steps, Lissa stood on the grass, her face wistful, and gazed at the house.
丽莎没有爬上腐烂的台阶，而是站在草地上，满脸渴望，凝视着房子。
—The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
词源：
wistful (adj.)1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old English wist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully; wistfulness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
wistful (adj.)1610s，“密切关注”，也许来自过时的 wistly “专心地”（约 1500 年），来源不明。或许就形成了如意算盘的模式。中古英语 wistful 的意思是“丰富、供应充足”，源自古英语 wist “规定”。 “若有所思，若有所思”的意思是1714年。 wistfulness.相关条目及更多
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