Adjective:

1. showing pensive sadness;

   "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
   

1.(因求而不得)失意的，伤感的，惆怅的
Someone who iswistful is rather sad because they want something and know that they cannot have it.

e.g. I can't help feeling slightlywistful about the perks I'm giving up...
我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。
e.g. He has awistful look.
他神情沮丧。

wistfully
'I wish I had a little brother,' said Daphne wistfully.
“我希望有个小弟弟。”达夫妮伤感地说。wistfulness
I sensed her wistfulness when she talked about vacations her relatives took.
她谈起她的亲戚度假时，我觉得她心里酸酸的。

1. 渴望的：- adulatory 阿谀奉承的 | -wistful 渴望的 | - tender 温柔的, 亲切的

2. 沉思：looking at=看; |wistful=沉思; | smile=微笑;

3. 渴望的,默想的,愁闷的,引起怀念的：nostalgic 怀旧的,恋家的 |wistful 渴望的,默想的,愁闷的,引起怀念的 | precarious 不确定的,靠不住的,危险的

4. 渴望的/想望的：wisteria /紫藤[类]/ |wistful /渴望的/想望的/ |wistfulness /渴望/愿望/

The boy looks with wistful eyes at the toy on display.

那男孩看著展出的玩具，眼中流露出渴望的神情。

The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.

这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春。

His sole reference to Watergate was wistful.

他对水门事件的唯一反应就是陷入沉思。

She had a last wistful look at the house.

她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼。

a wistful smile

伤感的微笑

She sighed wistfully.

她伤感地叹息。

'u2018If only I had known you then, 'u2019 he said wistfully.

“要是我那时认识你就好了。”他向往地说道。

I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...

我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。

He has a wistful look.

他神情沮丧。

The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.

这个贫穷的母亲怅惘地回忆她已经逝去的青春.

We dare not look at her wistful eyes.

我们不敢看她那双充满渴望的眼睛.

Your wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

你热切的脸,如夜雨,搅扰着我的梦魂.

He slipped out under the cover of ' The Holy City ', followed by Malvina's wistful eye.

在 “ 圣城 ” 的掩护下, 在马尔维娜渴望的眼神注视下,他溜了出来.

I hope I am not wistful thinking again.

我希望这一切不再是空想.

He looked out upon her with his mind's eye in the most wistful manner.

他带着无限哀怨的心情思念着她.

He felt wistful and then smiled to himself.

他感到有些怀念,暗地里还微微一笑.

You may feel wistful or sentimental after the first eclipse, July 7, but stay tuned.

在7号的月蚀之后你可能会留恋和感伤, 但是请安住于当下的转变.

She had a last wistful look at the house.

她留恋地最后朝那房子看了一眼.

She was not sad, only wistful, blanched.

她并不伤心, 只是愁闷,苍白无力.

Far from giving Ella the sack, she had developed the some wistful respec for her.

她不但没有解雇埃拉, 反而渐渐地产生出对埃拉的真诚的敬意.

Mrs. Ainsworth turned to me and though she was smiling her eyes were wistful.

安斯沃思太太转向我,虽然微笑着,可眼中流露出思念之情.

Stuant's wistful tranquility and almost saintlike aloofness were hard nuts to crack, even for Sister Agatha.

斯图阿特的恼人的平静和几乎象圣徒那样的孤独很难对付, 即使阿加莎修女也不例外.

His wistful eyes gazing at the shop made this whole meeting of men so pitiful.

他苦闷的眼睛望着那间小店,使得这整个人类的集会变成可悲悯的.

Willowherb, tender and wistful , like a pink sunset cloud, was not slow to follow.

报春花娇娜多姿, 犹如粉红色的晚霞, 紧接着亮相.

She was a little wistful or sad, and even a little bitter.

她有点怅惘和哀伤, 甚至有点痛苦.

The child looked with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.

小孩看着橱窗里的玩具,眼里露出渴求的神情.

The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.

那尊雕像具有一种柔和 、 一种独特格调 、 一种忧郁沉思的雅致.

A child stood seeing with wistful eyes at the toys shop window.

小孩站在橱窗前渴望地看着那些玩具.

He looked so wistful as he went away.

他恋恋不舍地走了.

He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.

在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾,他结束了一生.

A chellold stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.

小孩站在橱窗前看着里面的皮球,眼中表露出渴求的神情.

She seems a little wistful.

她好像有点若有所思的样子.

A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the window.

一个孩子以怅然若失的目光望著橱窗中的玩具.