无病呻吟 meaning in Chinese
moan and groan without being ill; adopt a sentimental pose; groan while not really in pain; make a fuss about an imaginary illness; making a fuss about nothing; moan and groan about imaginary illnesses; pine (and whine) without cause
Examples
- Sandburg and lindsay walked the tight-rope; if the tension of their verse slackened; they were precipitated into extremes of prosiness or sentimentality .
桑德伯格和林赛走的是绷紧的钢索；假如他们的诗在张力上一放松，就要摔到两个极端去，不是平淡无味，就是无病呻吟。 - The novel is sentimental twaddle
这部小说纯粹是无病呻吟 - What they want is wish - wash and slush , and god knows they get it , but not from you .
它们要的是没盐没味无病呻吟的东西，无知道，那些东西它们能弄到，可不是从你那儿。 ” - Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills . we feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery
一旦有了真实的痛苦，就可以治愈我们的无病呻吟。我们在幸运地体会到真正的不幸前，会觉得自己已经经历了无数次的不幸。