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sadden

英 ['sæd(ə)n] 美 ['sædn]

解释

vt. 使悲伤，使难过；使黯淡
vi. 悲哀；悲痛

※ 提供单词"sadden"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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.

2. Don't sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.: 勿使亲者痛仇者快。

3. Do not sadden your friends and gladden your enemies.: 勿使亲者痛仇者快.

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.

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.