be/look + haggard
haggard 作形容词,常用于系动词后,描述人因疲惫、焦虑或疾病而面容憔悴。
After the long illness, he looked haggard and worn.
久病之后,他看上去憔悴不堪。
哈格德
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哈格德
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
After the long illness, he looked haggard and worn.
久病之后,他看上去憔悴不堪。
成年时捕获的猎鸟
A hunting bird captured as an adult.
英国作家,以浪漫冒险小说著称(1856-1925)
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
幼鹰或未经训练的隼
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
After staying up all night, she looked haggard and pale.
熬夜一整晚后,她看起来面容憔悴、脸色苍白。
The constant stress made his face look haggard.
持续的压力使他的脸看起来形容枯槁。
We were all haggard after the long flight and the time change.
长途飞行和时差过后,我们都很憔悴。
haggard 作形容词,常用于系动词后,描述人因疲惫、焦虑或疾病而面容憔悴。
After the long illness, he looked haggard and worn.
久病之后,他看上去憔悴不堪。
haggard 也可作前置定语,常搭配 face、expression 等名词。
She studied his haggard face in the morning light.
她在晨光中端详他憔悴的面容。
haggard 作名词时指野鹰(捕捉时已成年、未经驯养的鹰),是可数名词。
The falconer patiently trained a haggard he had caught in the wild.
驯鹰人耐心地训练一只他在野外捕获的野鹰。
Not this
After the long flight, he looked haggardly and pale.
Use this
After the long flight, he looked haggard and pale.
look 在这里是系动词,后面应接形容词作表语。haggard 是形容词(憔悴的),haggardly 是副词,不能修饰系动词;所以应去掉 -ly。
Not this
The haggards in the refugee camp need medical care.
Use this
The haggard people in the refugee camp need medical care.
haggard 是形容词,不能直接加 -s 变成名词指代“憔悴的人们”。haggard 作名词时指“野鹰”,与“憔悴的人”无关。要指人,应在 haggard 后加 people 等名词。
Not this
She appeared haggard by the long journey.
Use this
She appeared haggard from the long journey.
表示“因……而憔悴”时,haggard 后常用介词 from 或 with 引出原因,不用 by。by 多用于被动语态引出施动者,这里应改为 from 来表达原因。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
憔悴的面容
After three sleepless nights, she stared at her haggard face in the mirror.
经过三个不眠之夜,她盯着镜中自己憔悴的面容。
显得憔悴
He looked haggard after the long flight.
长途飞行后,他显得很憔悴。
憔悴的表情
His haggard expression worried his colleagues.
他憔悴的表情让同事们很担心。
因忧虑而憔悴
She grew haggard with worry over her missing son.
她因担心失踪的儿子而变得憔悴。
憔悴的外表
The illness gave him a haggard appearance.
疾病使他显得形容枯槁。
如果我证实她是只野鹰,即使系着她的脚带是我心弦所系,我也会将她吹离身边,任她随风而去,靠运气捕食。
In Shakespeare's Othello, 'haggard' is a falconry term for a wild hawk, but in modern English it describes someone who looks wasted by fatigue or worry.
在莎士比亚的《奥赛罗》中,haggard 是驯鹰术语,指野鹰;而在现代英语中,它形容某人因疲劳或忧虑而显得憔悴不堪。
Use haggard naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 hag(女巫)早已憔悴枯槁,haggard 就是形容人面容憔悴、疲惫不堪的样子。
语域:neutral 常见场景:literature、news reporting、describing a person's appearance 该词比较常见于书面语,尤其在文学作品或新闻报道中用来形容人因疲惫、忧虑或疾病而显得面容憔悴;口语中通常会用tired或exhausted,但使用haggard也不算很正式。
haggard /ˈhæɡɚd/ 与 laggard /ˈlæɡɚd/ 押韵。sluggard /ˈslʌɡɚd/、drunkard /ˈdrʌŋkɚd/、wizard /ˈwɪzɚd/ 虽然都以 -ard 拼写并带 /ɚd/ 结尾,但重读元音不同,因此并不与 haggard 押韵。
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