Word · Frequency #2373
sad
/sæd/
adjective
悲伤的；难过的；悲哀的
feeling or showing sorrow or unhappiness
- 1.
Emotionally negative.
情绪消极的
- 2.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; ; - Christina Rossetti
感到或表示悲伤或不快的
- 3.
of things that make you feel sad; ; ; ; - Christina Rossetti
令人悲伤的；使人难过的
- 4.
bad; unfortunate
糟糕的；不幸的
情绪消极的；感到或表示悲伤或不快的；令人悲伤的；使人难过的；糟糕的；不幸的；忧愁的
In use
She felt sad when her best friend moved to another city.
The movie has a sad ending, so I cried a little.
He looked sad after losing his favorite game.
feeling sad because his dog had died
Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
sad news
she doesn't like sad movies
it was a very sad story
When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
Connections
Collocations
- sad news
- 令人伤心的消息
- I heard some sad news today.我今天听到一些令人伤心的消息。
- sad story
- 悲伤的故事
- She told me a sad story about her childhood.她给我讲了一个关于她童年的悲伤故事。
- sad face
- 悲伤的表情
- Why do you have such a sad face?你为什么表情这么悲伤？
- sad day
- 悲伤的一天
- It was a sad day when we had to say goodbye.那是我们不得不告别的一个悲伤的日子。
- feel sad
- 感到悲伤
- I feel sad when I think about the past.当我想到过去时，我感到悲伤。
- look sad
- 看起来难过
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sad 音似'塞的'，心里塞满忧愁。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、文学作品、新闻报道 sad 是常用形容词，表达忧愁或伤感，语气中立，适用于多种正式与非正式场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like bad, dad, mad, pad, glad rhyme with sad (all have /æd/). Said looks similar but is pronounced /sed/ (different vowel).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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