no obj.
1- be dejected and apathetic沮丧; 忧郁, 闷闷不乐:
no use moping-things could be worse.
沮丧没有用——情况可能更糟糕。
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mope around/about
wander about listlessly and aimlessly because of unhappiness or boredom没精打采地闲荡, 无聊走动。
1
- a person given to prolonged spells of low spirits忧郁的人; 闷闷不乐的人:
a bunch of totally depressed mopes.
一帮意气完全消沉的人。
1.1
mopes
dated low spirits; depression〈旧〉闷闷不乐, 没精打采, 消沉。
派生词
moper
nounmopey
(亦作mopy)adjectivemopily
adverbmopiness
nounmopish
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. (the early noun sense being 'fool or simpleton'): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect mopa 'to sulk'.