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pensive

/pen-siv/US // ˈpɛn sɪv //UK // (ˈpɛnsɪv) //

沉思,深思熟虑,深思熟虑的,深思

Related Words

sober清醒的,清醒,冷静的,清醒的人dreamy梦幻般的,梦幻的,梦幻,梦寐以求的thoughtful周到的,周到,周密的,周详的contemplative沉思的,沉思,深思熟虑,沉思型wistful悲哀的,多愁善感,多愁善感的,哀伤的absorbed吸收的,吸收了,吸收,被吸收abstracted抽象的,抽取的,抽出的,抽象地attentive殷勤,贴心,贴心的,殷勤的grave严重,墓穴,墓葬,墓室musing思考,胡思乱想,冥思苦想,冥想preoccupied全神贯注,全神贯注的,心不在焉,心事重重reflective反射性,反射性的,反射的,反思serious严重,严肃的,严肃,严重的speculative投机性,投机性的,推测性的,推测性thinking思想,思考,思维,思路withdrawn撤回的,撤销了,撤销的,已撤销cogitative思维性,思维性的,思维的,思维型ruminative反刍,反刍的,善于思考的人,善于思考的pondering深思熟虑,思考,思索,深思熟虑的reflecting反映,反映出的问题,反映的情况,反映的问题

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
    • : expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.meditative, solemn
Synonyms
contemplative沉思的,沉思,深思熟虑,沉思型dreamy梦幻般的,梦幻的,梦幻,梦寐以求的sober清醒的,清醒,冷静的,清醒的人thoughtful周到的,周到,周密的,周详的wistful悲哀的,多愁善感,多愁善感的,哀伤的absorbed吸收的,吸收了,吸收,被吸收abstracted抽象的,抽取的,抽出的,抽象地attentive殷勤,贴心,贴心的,殷勤的cogitative思维性,思维性的,思维的,思维型grave严重,墓穴,墓葬,墓室musing思考,胡思乱想,冥思苦想,冥想pondering深思熟虑,思考,思索,深思熟虑的preoccupied全神贯注,全神贯注的,心不在焉,心事重重reflecting反映,反映出的问题,反映的情况,反映的问题reflective反射性,反射性的,反射的,反思ruminating反刍,思考中,反复思考,反刍的ruminative反刍,反刍的,善于思考的人,善于思考的serious严重,严肃的,严肃,严重的speculative投机性,投机性的,推测性的,推测性thinking思想,思考,思维,思路withdrawn撤回的,撤销了,撤销的,已撤销

Examples

  • One of us cautious and pensive, one of us quick and outspoken.

  • Hemingway is shown on p. 89, pensive with rifle at a pheasant shoot in Idaho.

  • Venus was the quiet one: pensive and observant of everything around her.

  • Another image features the First Lady in a pensive pose, wearing a black Michael Kors sweater and ball skirt.

  • It is, alternately, a provocative and pensive soap opera that puts the gothic in Southern Gothic.

  • His face was vacant, his eyes pensive, as he stood there undisturbed by the flow of a language he did not understand.

  • The elegance of his stature and the pensive melancholy of his classic features invested him with a peculiar power of fascination.

  • His little brother Etienne, the tiniest mite in the regiment, looks pensive.

  • Ruth was too shy to keep up the conversation by any remark of her own, although his gentle, pensive manner was very winning.

  • The poet's lyre has not many strings, and the strains of sadness, of pensive melancholy, are almost absent.

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