look/sound glum
常与 look、sound、seem 等系动词连用,描述神情或语气。
She looked glum when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时显得闷闷不乐。
忧郁的;闷闷不乐的;沮丧的
沮丧的;情绪低落的;阴郁的;愁闷的;阴沉的
Sad and discouraged; moody and sullen.
沮丧的;情绪低落的;阴郁的
Despondent; moody; sullen.
After losing the game, he looked glum.
输了比赛后,他看起来闷闷不乐。
用法提示:glum 在此句中描述人的情绪状态,意为‘闷闷不乐的’。
She felt even glummer after hearing the bad news.
听到坏消息后,她感到更加沮丧。
用法提示:glummer 是 glum 的比较级形式,表示更加愁闷。
He was the glummest person at the party.
他是派对上最闷闷不乐的人。
用法提示:glummest 是 glum 的最高级形式,强调极度愁闷。
常与 look、sound、seem 等系动词连用,描述神情或语气。
She looked glum when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时显得闷闷不乐。
about 后接令人沮丧的事情或前景。
He was glum about his chances of passing the exam.
他对自己通过考试的可能性感到沮丧。
作定语修饰 face、expression、mood 等名词。
There was a glum expression on his face.
他脸上带着阴郁的表情。
表示情绪逐渐变得低落。
The children grew glum as the rain continued.
雨下个不停,孩子们变得闷闷不乐。
gloomy 更常用,也可形容天气或环境阴暗;指人时与 glum 接近,但 glum 更强调沉默寡言。
morose 语气更重,常含沉默寡言、不愿与人交往的阴沉态度。
sullen 强调因生气或不满而沉默、爱答不理;glum 侧重悲伤而非怒气。
dejected 多指因失败或失望而一时情绪低落,glum 可指较持久的心情。
downcast 常侧重外在神态,如眼神低垂、不敢抬头;glum 侧重内心感受。
grammar · medium
易错句子She felt very gloom after the meeting.
正确表达She felt very glum after the meeting.
gloom 是名词(阴暗;忧郁),不能放在系动词 feel 后作表语;表示“感到沮丧”要用形容词 glum(或 gloomy),所以 felt 后应改为 glum。
grammar · medium
易错句子He looked glumly when he heard the news.
正确表达He looked glum when he heard the news.
这里的 look 是系动词,意为“看起来”,后面要接形容词作表语,不能接副词;glumly 是副词,只用来修饰动作动词,因此应改为形容词 glum。
grammar · medium
易错句子They were glum of the exam results.
正确表达They were glum about the exam results.
表示“因某事而闷闷不乐”时,glum 与 about(或 at)搭配,不能受 afraid of、proud of 等结构的类推影响而用 of;此处介词应改为 about。
与glum相对,强调明显愉悦、开朗的情绪状态。
最常用的相对词,指一般性的高兴或满足。
指在社交中表现出的愉快、乐观,与glum的阴郁形成对比。
glum 只形容人的情绪低落、闷闷不乐;gloomy 还可以形容天气、房间等昏暗压抑、令人心情沉重,这时不能用 glum。
sullen 强调因不满而沉默不语、面带愠色,含生气、赌气的意味;glum 只是单纯的沮丧低落,不带敌意。
dejected 多指因某次挫折、失败而灰心失望,程度较重,通常有具体起因;glum 程度较轻,可指一时提不起劲的心情。
显得闷闷不乐
He looked glum when he heard the news.
他听到这个消息时显得闷闷不乐。
阴郁的表情
She wore a glum expression throughout the meeting.
整个会议期间她都面带阴郁的表情。
低落的心情
The team was in a glum mood after the defeat.
失利后,全队心情低落。
感到沮丧
I felt glum about the exam results.
我对考试成绩感到沮丧。
阴郁的沉默
They sat in glum silence, waiting for the verdict.
他们阴郁地沉默坐着,等待判决。
adverb
noun
glum 描述一种低落的情绪状态,mood 是该状态的核心名词。
带 glum 情绪的人常皱眉,frown 是其典型的面部表情。
glum 也可指天气或气氛阴沉,cloudy 在“阴郁”这一意向上与之相关。
情绪低落时常伴随沉默,glum 的人往往话少且神态阴郁。
glum 的人可能表现出疏远或冷淡,distance 体现这种人际上的隔阂。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.
沮丧的脸
Why the glum face? Is something wrong?
为什么板着脸?出什么事了吗?