单词：sadden
音标：[sædn] ；
柯林斯词典等级：1 级；
vt. 使忧愁, 使悲哀
vi. 忧愁, 悲哀
vi. 忧愁, 悲哀
v. make unhappy
v. come to feel sad
v. come to feel sad
词型变化：过去分词 : saddened ; 第三人称单数 : saddens ; 过去式 : saddened ; 现在分词 : saddening ; 名词复数形式 : saddens
考试类型：[GRE]
考试类型：[GRE]
词性分布：
sadden的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词(v.)
- That dark Egyptian seems to me to sadden the very sun.在我看来那个阴森的埃及人似乎会使太阳都变得黯淡无光。
- But I would not sadden you by the mortal plaint.但我不愿以生命必有终结的哀叹使你悲伤。
常见句型
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.- Don't sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.勿使亲者痛仇者快。
- The bad news saddened us.听到这个坏消息后我们非常伤心。
- The death of his father saddened him.父亲的死使他很悲痛。 1
- We were saddened to hear of the death of your mother.得知你母亲去世的消息我们很悲痛。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
sadden at (v.+prep.)- 因…而悲伤 be sorrow at sthsadden at sth
He saddened at the memory of her death.
一想到她的死,他就很难过。
Her face saddened at the bad news.
她听到这坏消息面容显得悲伤。
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+介词- sadden at因…而悲伤
经典引文
It saddens his daughter very much to see him so lonely.
出自：D. Madden
【近义词】
- depress使沮丧
- distress不幸
- upset心烦的
- dismay沮丧
- pain痛苦
- bring down使倒下
- prick刺
- dishearten使沮丧
- oppress使烦恼
【反义词】
- gladden(使)高兴