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单词 wistfulness
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wistfulness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɪst.fəl.nəs/us
/ˈwɪst.fəl.nəs/
afeelingofsadnessbecause you arethinkingabout something that isimpossibleor in the past:
惆怅，得不到满足的渴望，怀念
Headmitsacertainwistfulness for hisdaysasgovernor.他承认颇为怀念自己担任州长的时候。
Areturnto thedreamofchildhoodinnocenceismerewistfulness.回到童年纯真的梦想只是一种无法企及的渴望。
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  • A wistfulnesscreptinto theconversationas hereflectedon hissummersat Hancock Point.
  • Hetellsthestorymatter-of-factly, without any wistfulness.
  • Shops don't needgimmickstocreatea wistfulness foryesterday.
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(Definition ofwistfulnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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There is awistfulnessand an urgency to the recovery of these narratives, and their editors have adopted a spectrum of approaches.
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And the eyebrows can register, almost single-handedly, wonder, pity, fright, pain, cynicism, concentration,wistfulness, displeasure, and expectation, in infinite variations and combinations.
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His narrator is trapped in an angry masculinewistfulnesswhich is awful to behold in its masturbatory disconnection from the world's real possibilities and pleasures.
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This was an era ofwistfulnessfor the young man, who later described himself as pure at that time.
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A reduction that can not be produced, no matter the tool nor thewistfulness.
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The effect of the whole is of appropriate simplicity andwistfulness, and seems to ask for delicacy of instrumentation.
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The chicwistfulnesscomes to a climax in the films final party scene.
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The elements ofwistfulnessand even light sadness, as if bidding farewell to something destined to extinction, became more and more prominent.
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The tree-man gazes outwards beyond the viewer, his conspiratorial expression a mix ofwistfulnessand resignation.
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For example, a woman may experience a sense of depression and this feeling can range from mild homesickness orwistfulnessto more intense feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing.
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