| 释义 |
plangently, adv.|ˈplændʒəntlɪ|
[f. plangent a. + -ly2.]
In a way that beats strongly or distressingly on the mind or feelings.
1927R. L. Mégroz Three Sitwells 9 We are driven inwards because the external reality we have created is plangently ugly. 1928Observer 19 Feb. 9/2 Nothing is here to make us beat the breast. The old matchless rhythms are no less plangently certain. 1963Times 12 June 13/3 The theme of African unity so plangently struck at the Addis Ababa conference. |