wistful
wistful 英 [ˈwɪstfl] 美 [ˈwɪstfəl]
adj. 渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的
- Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something. "Wist" isn't even a word that's used anymore, but you can still be wistful.
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- adj. 渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的
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1. Brown can also be sad and wistful.
褐色也象征着悲伤与渴望。
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2. Whereas wild animals like wolves will avert their eyes when spotted, dogs and cats readily return our gaze, and with an apparent emotiveness that stimulates the wistful narrative in our head.
然而像狼这样的野生动物通常会躲避人类的直视，而猫狗则乐于回应我们的注目，而且还带有明显的情感表露，刺激了人脑中的叙事渴望。
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3. We could see them 3 kilometers off in the distance, and it was kind of a wistful feeling.
我们能在3公里外看到那些山丘，当时有一种可望而不可及的感觉。
- wistful (adj.) 1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old English wist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully; wistfulness.
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