wistfully

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  • adv.她伤感地叹息。；“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。
  • Web渴望地；望眼欲穿；愁闷地

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wistfully
adv.
1.
她伤感地叹息。She sighed wistfully.
2.
“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。‘If only I had known you then,’ he said wistfully.

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Definition:
AllAll,她伤感地叹息。她伤感地叹息。,“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。,渴望地渴望地,望眼欲穿望眼欲穿,愁闷地愁闷地
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1.
Carol looked over at Marlin wistfully. "Just think, " she said. "In a couple of days we're going to be parents. "
珊珊看着马林，一脸的渴望。“想想看，”她说，“再过两天，我们就要当爸爸妈妈了。”
shān shān kàn zhe mǎ lín , yī liǎn de kě wàng 。 " xiǎng xiǎng kàn , " tā shuō , " zài guò liǎng tiān , wǒ men jiù yào dāng bà ba mā mā le 。 "
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2.
Alas! I know not, ' said the little Mermaid: 'the Sea-folk have no souls. ' And she sank down into the deep, looking wistfully at him.
“哎呀，我也不知道。”小美人鱼说，“人鱼们没有灵魂。”说着，她沉入水底，用惆怅的眼神望着他。
" āi yā , wǒ yě bù zhī dào 。 " xiǎo měi rén yú shuō , " rén yú men méi yǒu líng hún 。 " shuō zhe , tā chén rù shuǐ dǐ , yòng chóu chàng de yǎn shén wàng zhe tā 。
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3.
Then suddenly the eldest son, a stripling , spat on his hands and said wistfully.
大儿子是长大成人了，他忽然往手上吐了口唾沫，若有所思地说。
dà ér zi shì zhǎng dà chéng rén le , tā hū rán wǎng shǒu shàng tǔ le kǒu tuò mò , ruò yǒu suǒ sī de shuō 。
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4.
She looked wistfully in the hands of chopsticks, she said, as I love the hands of a pair of chopsticks.
她若有所思地看了看手中的筷子，她说，爱情就像我手中的这双筷子。
tā ruò yǒu suǒ sī de kàn le kàn shǒu zhōng de kuài zǐ , tā shuō , ài qíng jiù xiàng wǒ shǒu zhōng de zhè shuāng kuài zǐ 。
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5.
There was an old white horse no longer able to trot, wistfully watching cars running down the open road.
一匹老得跑不动的白马若有所思地看着公路上奔驰的车辆。
yī pǐ lǎo děi pǎo bù dòng de bai mǎ ruò yǒu suǒ sī de kàn zhe gōng lù shàng bēn chí de chē liàng 。
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6.
It seems to me that Elsa looks at me rather wistfully. Something left over from the breakfast table.
我觉得埃尔莎总在如饥似渴地望着我，犹如看着早饭桌上剩下的食物。
wǒ jué de āi ěr shā zǒng zài rú jī sì kě de wàng zhe wǒ , yóu rú kàn zhe zǎo fàn zhuō shàng shèng xià de shí wù 。
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7.
His eye fell upon a beautiful young girl standing wistfully at the edge of the floor beside the door to the terrace.
他的眼神落在一位站在露台门旁地板边缘渴望人邀请的娟秀少女身上。
tā de yǎn shén luò zài yī wèi zhàn zài lù tái mén páng dì bǎn biān yuán kě wàng rén yāo qǐng de juān xiù shào nǚ shēn shàng 。
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8.
"It was just a wish, " said Penny wistfully. "We could sail away. There are ships again, now that the war is over. "
“我说的只是愿景，”佩妮惆怅地说。“我们可以乘帆远行。只要战争结束，到时候就会有船了。”
" wǒ shuō de zhǐ shì yuàn jǐng , " pèi nī chóu chàng de shuō 。 " wǒ men kě yǐ chéng fān yuǎn xíng 。 zhǐ yào zhàn zhēng jié shù , dào shí hòu jiù huì yǒu chuán le 。 "
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9.
There was a den near the river, he said wistfully, and they'd migrate six miles up to a nice patch of open prairie full of gophers.
他留恋地说，河边有一个巢穴，它们向上迁移了6英里（约9.66公里），到开阔草原地鼠多的好地块去了。
tā liú liàn de shuō , hé biān yǒu yī gè cháo xué , tā men xiàng shàng qiān yí le liù yīng lǐ ( yuē jiǔ diǎn liù liù gōng lǐ ) , dào kāi kuò cǎo yuán de shǔ duō de hǎo dì kuài qù le 。
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10.
Then he smiled at me wistfully and went to sit by a girl with braces and a bad perm.
然后他满怀希望地向我笑了笑，回去坐到一个戴着牙套，烫着可怕的波浪发的女孩旁边。
rán hòu tā mǎn huái xī wàng de xiàng wǒ xiào le xiào , huí qù zuò dào yī gè dài zhe yá tào , tàng zhe kě pà de bō làng fā de nǚ hái páng biān 。
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