Word · Frequency #24234
plaintively
悲哀地;哀怨地
核心释义
in a plaintive manner; sadly; mournfully
- 1.
以哀伤的方式
In a plaintive manner.
以哀伤的方式;悲哀地;哀怨地
用法In use
The little girl looked up at her mother and asked plaintively for another cookie.
用法提示:plaintively 是副词,修饰动词 asked,表示带着哀伤或委屈的语气。
He sighed plaintively as he stared out the window at the rain.
用法提示:plaintively 修饰动词 sighed,表达一种忧伤无奈的情绪。
"Why won't you play with me?" the dog whined plaintively.
用法提示:plaintively 修饰动词 whined,显示声音中带着悲哀的恳求。
verb + plaintively
plaintively 修饰动词时,可置于动词后,表明该动作带有悲哀或恳求的情绪。
She spoke plaintively about her lost dog.
她哀怨地谈起她丢失的狗。
plaintively + verb
plaintively 也可放在动词前,构成“副词 + 动词”结构,含义不变。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- say plaintively
- 悲哀地说
- “Please don't leave me,” she said plaintively.“请别离开我,”她悲哀地说。
- ask plaintively
- 哀怨地问
- Why did you go without me? he asked plaintively.“你为什么不带我去?”他哀怨地问。
- cry plaintively
- 哀伤地哭喊
- The lost child cried plaintively for her mother.走失的孩子哀伤地哭喊着找妈妈。
- plead plaintively
- 哀声恳求
- He pleaded plaintively for one more chance.他哀声恳求再给一次机会。
- sigh plaintively
- 哀叹
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 plaintively 拆成 plaint(悲叹)加 -ly,plaint 本义就是哀叹,所以 plaintively 就是悲哀地、哀怨地。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学作品、正式叙述、书面描写 plaintively 多用于文学作品或较正式的书面叙述中,日常口语里不多见;口语中更常说 sadly 或 in a sad voice。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
plaintively 的重音在第一音节 /pleɪn/,其后是 /tɪvli/;英语中几乎没有以 /eɪntɪvli/ 结尾的常见词,因此没有真正的完全押韵词。positively、sensitively、alternatively 仅与它共享末尾的 /tɪvli/,但重读元音完全不同,不能算押韵;faintly、quaintly 拼写相近,但读作 /ˈfeɪntli/、/ˈkweɪntli/,缺少 /ɪv/ 这个音节;pensively 结尾为 /sɪvli/,与 /tɪvli/ 相近但不相同,且词首读音差异较大。
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