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English translation for "plaintive"

[ 'pleintiv ] 
adj.
可怜的,悲哀的,忧郁的;哭诉的。 a plaintive melody 哀调。 a plaintive cry 哀鸣。
adv.
-ly
Example Sentences:
1.There was a plaintive cry from a crushed passenger in the rear of the bus .
车厢后部有个被挤得受不了的乘客哀求起来。
2.Nehru himself sent the president a long and plaintive letter at the end of the month .
本月末,尼赫鲁亲自给总统写了一封诉苦的长信。
3.Possibly picking up the scent of her young, she let out a high-pitched, plaintive whine .
她可能闻到了幼崽的气味,发出一声尖锐,哀伤的悲嚎。
4.He accepted overbrook's next plaintive invitation, for an evening two weeks off .
他接受了奥弗布鲁克下一次苦苦央求的邀请,日期是在两星期后的一个晚上。
5.The hostess stopped, with a fork in her hand, as eliza's sweet and plaintive voice arrested her .
当老板娘听到伊丽萨温柔而凄凉的话音时站住了,手里拿着叉子。
6."oh! that was years ago," said she, in a voice unlike her usual tones, so plaintive was it, and so soft .
“唉!那是许多年以前,“她说,声音变得那么悲哀,那么柔和,跟平时的嗓音完全不同了。
7.She passed and repassed catherine's door several times in the course of the evening, as if she expected to hear a plaintive moan behind it .
在晚上这段时间里,她几次经过凯瑟琳的房门,好象在等待从门背后传来一声哀恸的呻吟。
8.A long plaintive wail emanated from the cardboard box
纸箱里发出一声长长的悲鸣。
9.Confucian morality and chinese literature of plaintive mentality
儒学伦理道德与中国悲怨文学
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