mope
verb/məʊp/
/məʊp/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mope | /məʊp/ /məʊp/ |
| he / she / it mopes | /məʊps/ /məʊps/ |
| past simple moped | /məʊpt/ /məʊpt/ |
| past participle moped | /məʊpt/ /məʊpt/ |
| -ing form moping | /ˈməʊpɪŋ/ /ˈməʊpɪŋ/ |
- to spend your time doing nothing and feeling sorry for yourself
闷闷不乐；自怨自艾 - Moping won't do any good!
自怨自艾一点用处都没有！
Extra Examples- It would benefit no one if we all sat moping for the next week.
如果接下来的一周我们都闷闷不乐地坐着，那对任何人都没有好处。 - You should build on the little triumphs rather than moping about disasters.
你应该在小小的胜利的基础上再接再厉，而不是为灾难而闷闷不乐。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (the early noun sense being ‘fool or simpleton’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect mopa ‘to sulk’. - Moping won't do any good!