| 单词 | sad |
| 释义 | sad (once / 58 pages) adj When you're sad, you feel unhappy. If you've ever experienced the death of a pet you loved deeply, you know exactly what it means to feel sad. You might use the adjective sad informally to describe something that's pathetic or that you feel scornful or disdainful about. For example, you might comment on your friend's elaborate homemade hat by saying, "That hat is just sad," though it wouldn't be very nice of you to say it. The term "sad sack" became popular during World War II and has been used ever since to refer to an incompetent, slightly pitiful person. WORD FAMILYsad: sadden, sadder, saddest, sadly, sadness+/sadden: saddened, saddening, saddens/sadness: sadnesses USAGE EXAMPLES"I was very alarmed and sad to see such a graceful and giant rare creature lying dead on our shores," said Mr Chandran. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) "It's more sad than nerve-wracking because of the world we live in," he said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But the class also fell on a particularly sad day for “Star Wars” fans. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness feeling sad because his dog had died "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti Syn|Ant bittersweet tinged with sadness doleful, mournfulfilled with or evoking sadness heavyhearteddepressed melancholic, melancholycharacterized by or causing or expressing sadness pensive, wistfulshowing pensive sadness tragic, tragicalvery sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction tragicomic, tragicomicalmanifesting both tragic and comic aspects glad showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy cheerfulbeing full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits gladsomeexperiencing or expressing gladness or joy 2adj of things that make you feel sad sad news she doesn't like sad movies it was a very sad story "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti Syn sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss 3adj bad; unfortunate her clothes were in sad shape Syn deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sorry bad having undesirable or negative qualities |
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