melancholic

英 [ˌmelənˈkɒlɪk]

美 [ˌmelənˈkɑːlɪk]

adj.  忧郁的; 忧郁症的
n.  忧郁症患者

复数：melancholics　

BNC.34412 / COCA.24867

牛津词典

adj.

• 忧郁的；忧郁症的
  feeling or expressing sadness, especially when the sadness is like an illness

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;忧伤的
  If you describe someone or something asmelancholic, you mean that they are very sad.
  1. The night was as melancholic as his mood.
     夜晚和他的心情一样阴郁。
  2. ...his gentle, melancholic songs.
     他温柔而伤感的歌曲
  3. Amelancholicis someone who is melancholic.
     忧郁的人
  4. ...a self-made man, energetic and obsessively orderly, a histrionic exhibitionist and a melancholic.
     一个白手起家、精力充沛且强迫性讲求整齐的人，一个装腔作势、好出风头的人，一个忧郁伤感的人

英英释义

noun

• someone subject to melancholia
  Synonym:melancholiac

adj

• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  1. growing more melancholy every hour
  2. her melancholic smile
  3. we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
  Synonym:melancholy

双语例句

• Maximilian Hecker describes his music as "melancholic pop hymns".
  麦斯米兰形容他们的音乐是“忧郁的流行赞美诗”。
• This one was poignant, almost melancholic, as kilar reminisced about a company he transformed from an empty office suite in 2007 into one that has attracted more than 3 million paying subscribers and generated$ 700 million in revenue in 2012.
  他把这家公司从2007年一个空无一物的办公套间做成一个吸引了超过300万付费用户，2012年收入达到7亿美元的庞然大物。
• Psychological counselor in universities and colleges should be given more attention to the students which have a lower degree of social support or have a tendency to melancholic temperament.
  高校中的心理咨询师应给予社会支持程度较低和具有抑郁质倾向的学生更多地关注。
• With the body turned to the side without directly facing the audience and the blinding background, a melancholic mood is conveyed in this image.
  《与爱一起放逐》的主角斜卧、侧身、不愿直视观众，和以迷恍的天色为背景，传达了一种抑郁的情绪。
• A absurd tragedy, to accompany a melancholic song by the Tiger Lillies.
  一出荒诞的悲剧，在泰戈莱利斯犹豫的歌声中缓缓上演。
• I intend to do everything I can to prove him wrong, or at least to fight that melancholic tendency with every tool in the shed.
  我打算尽自己所能证明他是错的，或至少用尽一切手段对抗忧郁倾向。
• They like extremes: they can be joyful and melancholic in a short period of time.
  巨蟹座的人好极端，在一段短时间内可以好快乐和好忧郁。
• The night was as melancholic as his mood.
  夜晚和他的心情一样阴郁。
• "Who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
  在寻找故乡的忧郁灵魂时，发现了文化冲突和融合中的新的象征
• Blues: Afro-American People's melancholic musical and literary expression
  布鲁斯：美国黑人忧伤的音乐和文学诉说&布鲁斯及其在《看不见的人》和《所罗门之歌》中的运用