英语词汇“pensive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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… the combination of national crisis and imminent electoral victory creates an atmosphere at once pensive and elated.

Yossi Klein Halevi, New Republic, 25 Dec. 2000 We take in the synchronized swimming of sardines and the pensive patrol of a leopard shark.

Roger Rosenblatt, Time, 5 Oct. 1998 … did not seem depressed so much as pensive, and within a few minutes he was talking eagerly—in fact, unstoppably—about his favorite subject: school.

James Traub, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 1994 The child sat by himself, looking pensive. rainy days often put her in a pensive mood

Recent Examples on the Web But despite all the heart-pounding stunts and physical challenges, there's also a pensive thoughtfulness to the series, as Hemsworth grapples with ideas of death and mortality.

Devan Coggan, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Millions have become enamored not only with her hypnotic vocals, but her expressive tone and pensive lyrics.

Essence, 15 July 2022 From those pensive jigsaw puzzles, Scarbath shapes works of different textures from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life: a shard of colored glass or a pebble that just caught her eye.

Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 Wright does pensive sternness and Paul does frazzled torment better than just about anybody.

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022 Her performance is pensive and thoughtful, her vibrant inner world coming to life through the power of her stillness.

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2022 As a result of his move — and a two-year pandemic — the superstar has now emerged with his most pensive album yet, twelve carat toothache, released June 2 on Mercury / Republic Records.

Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 3 June 2022 Vassar's pensive reflection on the blessings of growing up in America is a great addition to any Independence Day playlist.

Brie Dyas, Country Living, 2 June 2022 The musician showcased the pensive tune, which reflects on embracing life for those who are no longer with us, alongside her band.

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 See More

单词	pensive
释义	pensive adjective pen·sive ˈpen(t)-siv 1 : musingly or dreamily thoughtful a pensive young poet 2 : suggestive of sad thoughtfulness her face had the pensive mournfulness of a seraph in an old sad painting Herman Wouk pensively adverb pensiveness noun Synonyms broody cogitative contemplative meditative melancholy musing reflective ruminant ruminative thoughtful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences … the combination of national crisis and imminent electoral victory creates an atmosphere at once pensive and elated. Yossi Klein Halevi, New Republic, 25 Dec. 2000 We take in the synchronized swimming of sardines and the pensive patrol of a leopard shark. Roger Rosenblatt, Time, 5 Oct. 1998 … did not seem depressed so much as pensive, and within a few minutes he was talking eagerly—in fact, unstoppably—about his favorite subject: school. James Traub, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 1994 The child sat by himself, looking pensive. rainy days often put her in a pensive mood Recent Examples on the Web But despite all the heart-pounding stunts and physical challenges, there's also a pensive thoughtfulness to the series, as Hemsworth grapples with ideas of death and mortality. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Millions have become enamored not only with her hypnotic vocals, but her expressive tone and pensive lyrics. Essence, 15 July 2022 From those pensive jigsaw puzzles, Scarbath shapes works of different textures from the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life: a shard of colored glass or a pebble that just caught her eye. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022 Wright does pensive sternness and Paul does frazzled torment better than just about anybody. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022 Her performance is pensive and thoughtful, her vibrant inner world coming to life through the power of her stillness. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2022 As a result of his move — and a two-year pandemic — the superstar has now emerged with his most pensive album yet, twelve carat toothache, released June 2 on Mercury / Republic Records. Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 3 June 2022 Vassar's pensive reflection on the blessings of growing up in America is a great addition to any Independence Day playlist. Brie Dyas, Country Living, 2 June 2022 The musician showcased the pensive tune, which reflects on embracing life for those who are no longer with us, alongside her band. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English pensif, from Anglo-French, from penser to think, from Latin pensare to ponder, frequentative of pendere to weigh — more at pendant First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition pensive adjective pen·sive ˈpen-siv : lost in serious or sad thought a pensive mood pensive adjective as in melancholy given to or marked by long, quiet thinking rainy days often put her in a pensive mood Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance melancholy thoughtful reflective contemplative somber ruminative meditative musing philosophical broody solemn introspective philosophic cogitative serious earnest ruminant preoccupied sombre rational logical retrospective analytic self-reflective sober sedate analytical deliberate serious-minded purposeful grave abstracted severe absentminded weighty Antonyms & Near Antonyms unreflective flippant goofy frivolous scatterbrained flighty thoughtless silly harebrained unthinking mindless light-headed featherbrained brainless See More
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