单词	mope
释义	mopemope /məʊp $ moʊp/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmope Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from mop, mope ‘stupid person’ (14-16 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE mope Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mope he, she, it mopes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they moped Present perfect I, you, we, they have moped he, she, it has moped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had moped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mope Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have moped Continuous Form Present I am moping he, she, it is moping you, we, they are moping Past I, he, she, it was moping you, we, they were moping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been moping he, she, it has been moping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been moping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be moping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been moping Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Don't just lie there moping, waiting for the phone to ring. He's not even attempting to look for a job -- he just mopes around the house all day. She's just been sitting around moping all day. There's no point moping over Jane - she's not worth it. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But she did not leave them uneasy with the social order or moping with guilt over their comfortable circumstances in life. I breezed away into a corner where I could sip my vodka-less tonic and mope. Instead of spending all day moping around the house, why not come help me pick beans? It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week. Jamie was moping around his flat, existing on cups of tea and stale bread toast. My Oscars are spending a lot of time moping on the bottom of the tank. Other Acutes mope around the room and try not to pay any attention to him. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto feel sad and pity yourself► feel sorry for yourself especially spoken to spend a lot of time thinking about how unlucky you are or how unfairly you have been treated, in a way that annoys other people: · Stop blaming other people and feeling sorry for yourself.· Andy was drinking too much again, and feeling sorry for himself. ► mope to feel unhappy because of something bad that has happened, and to not be interested in doing anything, in a way that other people think is not reasonable: · Don't just lie there moping, waiting for the phone to ring.mope around/about (=go around a place moping): · He's not even attempting to look for a job -- he just mopes around the house all day.mope over: · There's no point moping over Jane - she's not worth it. ► wallow in : wallow in self-pity/despair/misery etc to keep thinking about how unhappy you are, in a way that makes other people think that you are actually enjoying feeling sorry for yourself and do not want to feel happier: · She told herself that she must try and learn from his criticism, rather than wallowing in self-pity.· It's no good wallowing in misery. You just have to get out there and find another job. ► self-pity the feeling you have when you feel sorry for yourself, because you think that you have been very unlucky or that you have been treated unfairly: · If you feel a wave of self-pity coming on, go and talk about it with friends.· Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around · It would benefit no one if we all sat around moping for the next week.· Instead of spending all day moping around the house, why not come help me pick beans?· Jamie was moping around his flat, existing on cups of tea and stale bread toast.· Stephen didn't expect her to mope around while he was away on business.· After all, have you seen me moping around the place recently, getting depressed, crying? to feel sorry for yourself, without making any effort to do anything or be more happy:  Don’t lie there moping on a lovely morning like this! The week he died, we all sat around and moped.mope around/about (something) phrasal verb British English to move around a place in a sad slow way, especially because you feel unhappy about the situation you are in:  She spends her days moping around the house. Stephen didn’t expect her to mope about while he was away on business.
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