| |
|
| ADJ |
| |
|
| /sæd/ |
|
| |
| 1 | feeling unhappy , especially because something bad has happened （尤因发生坏事而）伤心的，悲伤的，难过的 |
| Reading her letter made us all feel a little sad. 读她的信让我们都感到有点伤心。 |
| +about I felt sad about leaving him, but I had no choice. 离开他我很难过，但我别无选择。 |
| be sad to see/hear sth I was very sad to hear that your mother had died. 听说你母亲去世了，我非常难过。 |
| | 1a | used about people’ s behaviour or appearance （举止或相貌）愁苦的，忧伤的 | | ‘I’ m OK,’ she said in a sad voice. “我没事，”她伤感地说。 | | sad eyes 忧伤的眼神 | |
| | 1b | making you feel unhappy 令人伤心的；令人难过的 | | It was a sad day when we sold our home. 我们把房子卖掉的那一天是令人伤感的一天。 | | Dad waited until after dinner to tell us the sad news. 爸爸直到饭后才告诉我们这令人伤心的消息。 | | The only sad thing was that Jim couldn’ t come to the party. 唯一令人不快的事是吉姆不能来参加聚会。 | |
| |
| 2 | usually before noun very bad in a way that makes you feel angry , upset , or shocked 糟糕的；可悲的；令人遗憾的 |
| The sad truth is that many children never learn to read. 可悲的事实是许多孩子从不读书认字。 |
| it is sad that/it’ s a sad fact that I think it’ s sad that children spend so much time watching television. 我认为孩子们花这么多时间看电视是十分糟糕的。 |
| sth is a sad reflection on sth/sb (=it shows how bad something or someone is) Teachers’ salaries are a sad reflection on our commitment to educating children. 某事物是某事/某人可悲的反映 |
| a sad state of affairs (=bad situation) It’ s a sad state of affairs when people can’ t be bothered to vote anymore. 糟糕的局势 |
| |
| 3 | a sad song or piece of music expresses unhappy feelings （歌曲或音乐）显露悲伤的，伤感的 |
| |
| 4 | very informal a sad person is someone who you think is boring or behaves in a way that does not deserve respect （人）可悲的，不受人尊敬的 |
| I’ m just one of those sad people who sit at home reading on Saturday night. 我正是那种周六晚上坐在家里读书的可悲者之一。 |
| PHRASE |
| - | sad to say
|
| used when talking about something that makes you unhappy |
| （用于提及令人不快的事）遗憾的是 |
| |
| Sad to say, sport is more important than academic subjects at some universities. 遗憾的是，在一些大学里体育比学术科目更重要。 |
| |
| Other ways of saying : sad | | | | | | | | sad的其他表达方式 | | | | unhappy sad because a person or situation has made you feel like this不高兴的；不开心的: Sarah seems unhappy at school.萨拉好像在学校不大开心。I’ m still unhappy with the deal.我对这桩交易仍有点不高兴。 | | miserable very sad, especially because you are uncomfortable, lonely,or ill（尤指因不舒服、寂寞或生病而）悲惨的 After waiting for over an hour he was thoroughly cold, wet, and miserable.等了一个多小时后，他浑身又冷又湿，惨极了。 | | glum showing that you are sad by the expression on your face: often used for describing other people humorously（脸部表情）愁闷的，闷闷不乐的（常用于幽默地描绘他人）Come on, don’ t look so glum. We’ ll buy ice cream another day.好啦，别这么闷闷不乐的，我们改天再买冰淇淋。 | | gloomy sad and having no hope for the future, or showing that you have no hope for the future by the expression on your face（对未来）忧伤的，悲观的‘I suppose things might get better,’ he said with a gloomy smile, ‘though I doubt it.’ “我想事情或许会变得好一点，”他忧伤地一笑说道，“尽管我也没把握。” | | depressed very sad and feeling negative about the present or the future: also used by doctors to describe people who have the illness depression抑郁的，消沉的，沮丧的（也被医生们用来描述病人） It’ s the weather that’ s making us all so depressed.是天气使得我们都很抑郁。I’ d been feeling depressed for several weeks before I went to see the doctor about it.在去看这个病之前的几周内，我一直感觉很抑郁。 | | down (informal) slightly depressed情绪有点低落的 I’ ve just been feeling a bit down recently, that’ s all.我最近只是有点情绪低落，没什么其他的。 | | low feeling negative about life and lacking energy(对生活）悲观的，无精打采的 She was very low when I last saw her.我最后一次看到她时，她非常悲观。 | | | |
|