音标:['dәulful] ;
a. 悲哀的, 忧郁的, 阴沉的
s. filled with or evoking sadness

考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

doleful的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. His doleful expression told me everything.他悲哀的表情让我知道了一切。
  2. He pauses and gathers himself for a moment before fixing me with doleful eyes.皮特停顿了,他蹙眉,有着悲伤落寞的眼神。
  3. His countenance, as he came on, wore an abstracted and somewhat doleful air.他走上来的时候,面上有着一种茫然,而且好象阴郁的神气。

经典引文

  • Regions of sorrow, doleful shades.

    出自:Milton
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