pensive

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/    美 /ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
    — He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully.
  2. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
    — The author’s tone grows pensive in the final chapters.
  3. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
    — Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce

词形变化

more pensive comparative most pensive superlative

词汇关系

近义词
contemplative meditative reflective thoughtful wistful
反义词
carefree thoughtless unreflective
衍生词
overpensive pensively pensiveness
相关词
poise pansy peso

词源

From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).
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