（上接 第二部分 ）

英文里的“伤心、难过、沮丧”还能怎么表达，我们来看看。

1. inconsolable : so sad that other people cannot make you feel happier, especially because someone has died or because something very bad has happened

例：

After the death of her baby she was inconsolable. （她的孩子死了以后，她伤心欲绝。）

Doris was inconsolable. How could her husband walk out on her like that? （多瑞斯伤心欲绝，她丈夫怎么能那样抛下她就走了呢？）

2. miserable : extremely unhappy, because of the situation you are in, especially because you are lonely, hungry, cold etc.

例：

All the staff seemed to look miserable and the atmosphere was not at all pleasant. （所有的员工看起来都很难过，连气氛都很滞闷。）

3. dejected : sad and disappointed because something you hoped for did not happen - use this especially when this is shown in the way that someone looks, sounds etc.

例：

He looked utterly dejected when she told him he'd failed again. （她说他又没及格，他听了显得非常沮丧。）

Greg sounded dejected. "Anything wrong?" I said. （格莱德的语气听起来很沮丧。我问：“怎么啦？”）

One glance at the doctor's dejected expression answered my question. （只要看一看医生那个沮丧的表情，我就知道了。）

The unemployed stood at street corners, dejected. （那些失业的人，站在街角，满脸沮丧。）

4. downcast : sad or disappointed because of a situation or because something you hoped for did not happen

例：

Jamie seems very downcast at the moment. He misses Jenny terribly. （杰米现在非常难过，他很想念珍妮。）

"You mustn't be downcast" he said. "You can always try again." （他说：“别沮丧，生活永远都可以从头再来。”）

The photograph of her sitting on her own made her look lonely and downcast. （照片里，她一人独坐，显得孤单沮丧。）

He was understandably downcast after the team's loss. （球队输了，他心情很沮丧，这可以理解。）

5. glum/gloomy : sad because something slightly bad has happened or you do not have much hope for the future

备注： "glum/gloomy" 常用于非正式的场合。

例：

Don't look so glum! Things aren't as bad as all that. （别这么沮丧了，事情没那么糟糕。）

Monday morning? Feeling glum? （因为今天是周一，所以心情不爽吗？）

Sorry to be gloomy. I've had a bit of a bad day. （抱歉，我今天过得很不爽，心情不好。）

The glum expression on the England manager's face said it all. （那个英国经理脸上郁郁的表情说明了一切。）

Why are you in such a gloomy mood? （你为什么心情这么差？）

6. wistful : someone who looks wistful has a slightly sad and thoughtful expression on their face, especially because they are thinking about the past or want something they cannot have

例：

Simon's face grew wistful as he thought about his happy student days. （想到自己快乐的学生时代，西蒙的脸上浮现出忧伤的表情。）

She looked at them with a wistful smile. "I wish I could go with you.'' （她看着他，忧伤地笑了，“真希望我能跟你一起走。”）

7. mournful : looking or sounding very sad, as if something very bad has happened

例：

I could hear the slow, mournful music of the bagpipes. （我能听到风笛缓慢忧伤的曲调传来。）

The dog lay at his feet, looking up from time to time with big mournful eyes. （狗狗趴在地上，时不时抬头看看，大眼睛里尽是忧伤。）