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单词 repine
释义 re·pine
I. \rə̇ˈpīn, rēˈp-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: re- + pine (to languish)
intransitive verb
1. : to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain, fret
 < we may regret but not repine at the disappearance of much of interest and value as the result of progress — Edwin Benson >
 < courage, when misfortune comes, to bear without repining the ruin of our hopes — Bertrand Russell >
2. : to wish discontentedly
 < repine for an unwritten masterpiece — T.S.Eliot >
transitive verb
archaic : to complain or fret about
Synonyms: see complain
II. noun
(-s)
: discontent
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