plaintive
音标：
美音：/ˈpleɪntɪv/，英音：/ˈpleɪntɪv/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Who hasn’t asked themselves the same aching question framed by the Bee Gees in their plaintive 1971 masterpiece, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?”
谁没有问过自己 Bee Gees 在 1971 年哀伤的杰作“你如何修补一颗破碎的心？”中提出的同样令人痛心的问题。
—Washington Post
“This is a great nation. We are good people,” Mr. Biden said, speaking in simple goals, sounding almost plaintive at times in his 21-minute address.
“这是一个伟大的民族。我们是好人，”拜登先生在 21 分钟的讲话中谈到简单的目标时说，有时听起来几乎是悲伤的。
—New York Times
In a plaintive tweet that scored high on the mournfulness scale, the team said “it once was a bright, bright sunshiny day . . . ”
在一条悲伤的推文中，该团队在哀伤等级上得分很高，说“它曾经是一个明亮、明亮的阳光明媚的日子。 . . ”
—Washington Post
基本释意：
adjective
expressing sorrow
adj. 哀伤的；悲哀的
同义词：
mournful
短释义：
Plaintive is an adjective for describing someone or something with a pleading, sorrowful, desperate tone. If you have ever heard the plaintive howl of a wolf, then you know what we are getting at here.
Plaintive是一个形容词，用来用恳求、悲伤、绝望的语气来形容某人或某物。如果您曾经听过狼的哀嚎，那么您就会知道我们在这里得到的是什么。
长释义：
A plaint, as in complaint, is an expression of sorrow or grief. This word has also been bent a little at the ends to become plaintiff or complainant — the sufferer — in a lawsuit. So, whether you are hearing a plaintive tone in a courtroom, at a funeral, or in the wild (as in an animal’s plaintive howl), you can be assured that someone or something desires something desperately.
抱怨与抱怨一样，是悲伤或悲伤的表达。这个词的结尾也有一点弯曲，成为诉讼中的原告或原告——受害人。因此，无论您是在法庭上、葬礼上还是在野外听到哀怨的声音（如动物悲哀的嚎叫），您都可以确信某人或某物正在拼命地渴望某物。
文学例句：
It was a clear but plaintive call, the voice of a mouse.
那是一只老鼠的叫声，清晰而哀伤。
—Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
His voice trailed off in a plaintive whimper.
他的声音在哀怨的呜咽声中逐渐减弱。
—Native Son by Richard Wright
The elderly American lady’s voice rose shrill and plaintive.
这位年长的美国女士的声音变得尖锐而哀怨。
—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
词源：
plaintive (adj.)late 14c., “lamenting, complaining, giving utterance to sorrow or grief,” from Old French plaintif “complaining; wretched, miserable,” from plainte (see plaint). Sense of “expressive of sorrow or melancholy, mournful, sad” is recorded from 1570s. Earlier was pleintful “grievous, lamentable” (early 14c.). Related: Plaintively; plaintiveness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
plaintive (adj.)late 14c.，“哀叹，抱怨，表达悲伤或悲伤”，来自古法语 plaintif “抱怨；悲惨，悲惨”，来自 plaint（见 plaint）。从 1570 年代开始记录“表达悲伤或忧郁、哀伤、悲伤”的感觉。早些时候是 pleintful“悲伤，可悲”（14 世纪初）。相关：哀怨地； plaintiveness.Related 条目及更多
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