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pensively

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

笔直地,笔挺地,笔直

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

as inmentally
Synonyms
intellectually智力上,智力上的,智力方面,智力psychologically在心理上,心理上,在心理学上,心理上的introspectively自省地,反省地,内省地,自省inwardly暗地里,暗暗地里,暗中,暗暗地psychically精神上,精神上的,精神上来说,精神方面subjectively主观上,主观,主观地,主观上讲theoretically理论上,理论上说,理论上讲,理论上来说thoughtfully深思熟虑地,深思熟虑,贴心地,贴心

Examples

  • It concludes with Soto pensively surveying the city he grew up in.

  • McArthur Taylor, age 26, sits pensively at a restaurant in the Monrovian suburb of Sinkor.

  • The defendant had sat pensively as jurors filed in to deliver their verdict.

  • But he then pensively added, “It would feel good, but I am not sure it is the right one.”

  • Kano pensively lifted a plum upon the point of a toothpick and began nibbling at its wrinkled skin.

  • He sought her in her favorite nook by the side of the La Belle, and there he found her gazing pensively into the water.

  • The maiden was seated a few paces from him; she was gazing into the fire pensively, and tears stood in her eyes.

  • "Yeast that ferments is always sour, my child," replied the baker, reclining his head pensively.

  • Sir John tapped with his gloved finger pensively on the knob of his silver-mounted cane.

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