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单词 sadden
释义
sadden
verb[T]
uk
/ˈsæd.ən/us
/ˈsæd.ən/
C2
to make someonesad:
使悲伤，使难过，使伤心
[+ to infinitive]Itsaddens metothinkthat we'll neverseeher again.想到我们再也见不到她了，我非常伤心。
We aredeeplysaddened by thisdevastatingtragedy.这起令人震惊的悲剧事件使我们沉浸在深深的悲痛之中。
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  • mess
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(Definition ofsaddenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sadden| American Dictionary

sadden
verb[T]
us
/ˈsæd·ən/
to make someonesadorunhappy:
It saddened me tolearnofyourfather’sdeath.
(Definition ofsaddenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsadden

sadden
They are appropriately saddened by her tremendous health problems and her unfortunate lack of familial support.
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I'm really rather saddened that this is the way the debate is going.
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I am deeply saddened that this truly good man is no longer with us.
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In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.
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You say your brother was saddened that his monks could not be perfectly instructed.
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Our emotional responsiveness to the world - the fact that we are angered by wickedness, saddened by suffering - seems an essential part of our human nature.
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What saddens me about this case is that if clinical staff had appreciated this initial problem of trust, care might have been more timely and the outcome different.
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He was continually saddened by such discoveries.
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Scientific fraud of course occurs, but when it does, colleagues are genuinely saddened, and mystified about how the fraudsters thought they could get away with it.
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I was saddened that its director-general, who began with such promise, resigned after nine months.
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I am only saddened by the fact that it should come only after a still greater toll of human misery has been exacted by society.
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What saddens me is the devastation that has taken place over the years.
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It saddens me greatly to see our great values being eroded by the growing suspicion of uninformed cynicism.
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Sometime ago, when he was there, he was saddened by the slouching appearance of a number of the boys.
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That saddens me, but nothing saddens me more than contemplating an animal being chased by a pack of hounds accompanied by people on horseback.
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