Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14996
wistfully
惆怅地；渴望地
in a wistful manner
- 1.
In a wistful manner.
渴望地；惆怅地
渴望地；惆怅地；惆怅地；渴望地
In use
She looked out the window wistfully, remembering her childhood summers.
He sighed wistfully when he saw the old photographs.
"I wish we could stay longer," she said wistfully.
verb + wistfully
作方式副词时通常放在动词后，说明动作带着惆怅、渴望的情绪。
She smiled wistfully at the old photograph.
她对着旧照片惆怅地微笑。
wistfully + verb
把 wistfully 放在动词前可加强感情色彩，语体略书面。
He wistfully recalled his childhood summers.
他惆怅地回忆起童年的夏天。
Wistfully, + clause
置于句首表示强调，通常带逗号，多用于文学或正式表达。
Wistfully, I watched the train disappear.
惆怅地，我看着火车渐渐消失。
Common mistakes
She looked at the old photo wistful.She looked at the old photo wistfully.
wistfully 是副词，用来修饰动词 looked；wistful 是形容词，不能修饰动词，应放在名词前作定语或系动词后作表语。
She wistfully agreed to the plan.She eagerly agreed to the plan.
wistfully 表示“惆怅地、渴望地（因得不到而怀念）”，带有忧伤情绪；若想表达“急切地、渴望地”应使用 eagerly。中文“渴望地”需根据语境选择对应副词。
He became wistfully when he heard the song.He became wistful when he heard the song.
became 是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语；wistfully 是副词，不能作表语，此处表示“变得惆怅”，应用形容词 wistful。
Connections
Collocations
- sigh wistfully
- 惆怅地叹息
- She sighed wistfully as she looked at the old photograph.她看着旧照片，惆怅地叹了口气。
- look wistfully
- 渴望地看着
- He looked wistfully at the cake in the window.他渴望地看着橱窗里的蛋糕。
- smile wistfully
- 怅然微笑
- He smiled wistfully, remembering his childhood.他怅然微笑，想起了自己的童年。
- stare wistfully
- 出神地凝望
- She stared wistfully out the window at the rain.她出神地凝望着窗外的雨。
- think wistfully
- 惆怅地回想
- I think wistfully about the summers we spent together.我惆怅地回想我们一起度过的那些夏天。
- speak wistfully
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wistfully 可联想为 wish（渴望）加上一声叹息：满心渴望却只能叹气，即‘渴望而惆怅地’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary prose、reminiscence、emotional description wistfully 多用于书面或文学语境，表达惆怅、渴望或追忆的情绪；在日常口语中相对少见。整体风格偏正式或抒情，比较常见于小说、回忆录和情感描写中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有一个词与 wistfully 完全押韵。以 -fully 结尾的词（wishfully、blissfully、beautifully、hopefully、awfully）共享末尾非重读音节 /fəli/ 和拼写，但重读音节不同，不能视为同韵；wishfully 的 /ʃ/ 与 wistfully 的 /st/ 不同，blissfully 缺少 /t/。wistful 是形容词原形，读 /ˈwɪstfəl/，也不构成押韵。注意不要按拼写推测发音。
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