saturnine + noun
常与表示表情、气质的名词搭配。
He had a saturnine expression.
他表情阴沉。
刻薄的;轻蔑的
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刻薄的;轻蔑的
bitter or scornful
He had a saturnine expression.
他表情阴沉。
性格冷淡阴郁的
Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
与古罗马神萨图恩有关的
Of or relating to the ancient Roman god Saturn.
环境阴沉的,沉闷的
Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
由铅中毒引起的
Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
His saturnine remark during the meeting hurt his colleague's feelings.
他在会议上的刻薄言论伤害了同事的感情。
Don't be so saturnine with your sister; she was only trying to help.
别对你妹妹这么刻薄;她只是想帮忙。
The waiter gave us a saturnine look when we asked for more water.
当我们要求再加点水时,服务员给了我们一个轻蔑的眼神。
常与表示表情、气质的名词搭配。
He had a saturnine expression.
他表情阴沉。
用于描述人的性格或情绪状态。
She is often saturnine.
她经常沉默寡言。
介词in后接抽象名词,表示在……方面阴沉。
He was saturnine in his demeanor.
他的举止阴沉。
Not this
He is a saturnine.
Use this
He is saturnine.
在中国学习者中,常将形容词'saturnine'误用作名词,添加了冠词'a'。修正后去掉冠词,保持形容词作表语。
Not this
The saturnine of his face scared me.
Use this
The saturnine expression on his face scared me.
错误地将'saturnine'当作名词使用,但它是形容词。需要添加一个名词如'expression'来搭配。
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