sadden
英['sæd(ə)n]
美['sædn]
- vt. 使悲伤，使难过；使黯淡
- vi. 悲哀；悲痛
词态变化
第三人称单数: saddens;过去式: saddened;过去分词: saddened;现在分词: saddening;
中文词源
sadden 使伤心，使难过sad,伤心的，难过的，-en,使。
英文词源
- sadden (v.)
- "to make sorrowful," 1620s, from sad + -en (1). Earlier verb was simply sade, from Old English sadian, which also could be the immediate source of the modern verb. Intransitive meaning "to become sad" is from 1718. Related: Saddened; saddening.
双语例句
- 1. You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.
- 如果你陷于失败的伤感中,你就会使前半生在叹息中度过.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Don't sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
- 勿使亲者痛仇者快。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Do not sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.
- 勿使亲者痛仇者快.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. It is something that can inspire as well as sadden people.
- 爱情能够激励一个人也能使人悲伤.
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