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melancholy

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  • [ˈmelənkəlɪ]
  • inflection : plural  melancholies
  • Derivatives : adjective  melancholic ; adverb  melancholically
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

melancholy ['mεlənkəlɪ]
  1. 1. adjective (sad) 忧郁
  2. 2. noun [u] (sadness) 忧郁

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

melancholy [ˈmelənkəlɪ]
  1. 1. noun[u] 沮丧忧郁愁思
    The maiden was alone with only her melancholy for company.
    那个少女孤独只有一个同伴陪着她。
  2. 2. noun[u] 抑郁倾向抑郁质
    His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing.
    他的行为抑郁倾向,令人困惑
  3. 3. noun[u] [Obsolete] 黑胆汁体液(曾被认为是忧郁症的病因)
  4. 4. adjective 令人沮丧的沮丧
    She gave him a melancholy little smile when she saw him.
    当她见到他时,充满沮丧地对他微微一笑。
    We acquainted him with the melancholy truth.
    我们知道忧郁原因
  5. 5. adjective 性格忧郁的,抑郁的
    He succeeds in making the most melancholy people happy.
    成功地让那些性格忧郁的的人们高兴起来

Macmillan Dictionary - Simpler Definitions (2 results)

melancholy [ˈmelənˌkɑli]
  1. 1. noun a feeling of sadness and of being without hope
melancholy [ˈmelənˌkɑli]
  1. 1. adjective feeling or looking sad and without hope, or making you feel sad and without hope

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The receipt of her letter threw me into melancholy state.
一收到她的来信,我便陷入深深的忧郁中。
His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing.
他的行为有抑郁倾向,令人困惑。
She gave him a melancholy little smile when she saw him.
当她见到他时,充满沮丧地对他微微一笑。
In the face of the city's desperation he expressed his melancholy through his painting.
面对这个城市的绝望,他在他的油画作品里表达了一种忧郁的情绪。
Byron lives on not only in his poetry,but also in his creation of the "Byronic hero" - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man.
拜伦不仅生活在他的诗歌之中,而且还生活在他的“拜伦式英雄”的创作之中;“拜伦式英雄”是指那种沉思忧郁的年轻人。
a girl with a melancholy disposition [Source: nciku_tw ]
忧郁的少女
评论家说:他的新诗,文辞雅致哀婉。
Critics say there is something elegant, and melancholy in his new poems.

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