| 释义 |
pensivepen‧sive /ˈpensɪv/ adjective   pensiveOrigin: 1300-1400 French pensif, from penser ‘to think’ - a pensive mood
- As he ended his trip, the usually upbeat Mr. Liebenow was in a pensive mood.
- He kept looking over at her sad, pensive face.
- She appeared pensive and uneasy after the visit.
- He was a suspicious cat, wary of people getting pensive.
- Some Territorials who were standing near me became pensive.
- Suddenly you seem very pensive, Paula.
- The cover art accurately reflects the content, which is often pensive, delicate and private.
- The expression on Vologsky's face was too serious and pensive for what he had in mind.
- The men looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to the big house on the hill.
- The tension dispelled as the two couples took small, pensive bites of their different servings.
- You may, if you don't like trades unions, grow mildly pensive.
when someone is thinking about something► thoughtful someone who is thoughtful has a serious expression on their face and does not say anything, because they are thinking deeply about something: · Suddenly he became more thoughtful, and his eyes filmed over with sadness.· My mother sat and watched me eating my food with a thoughtful expression on her face -- I could tell she had something to say. ► pensive thinking deeply about something and seeming a little sad - use this especially in literary contexts: · He kept looking over at her sad, pensive face.· As he ended his trip, the usually upbeat Mr. Liebenow was in a pensive mood. ► be lost/deep in thought to be thinking so deeply about something that you do not notice what is happening around you: · She'd been so deep in thought, she hadn't heard the man open the dining room door.· Her mother stood folding the wash, lost in thought. thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad → thoughtful:  Jan looked pensive.—pensively adverb |