mope

英 [məʊp] 美 [moʊp]

• v. 抑郁不乐；闲逛；无精打采
• n. 闷闷不乐的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who wastes time

Verb:

1. move around slowly and aimlessly

2. be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Stop moping!
   别那麽垂头丧气的！
2. He's been moping around (the house) all day.
   他整天都在(房子)周围瞎转悠。
3. Don't mope round the house like that. Go for a walk.
   别在家里那样闷闷不乐地闲荡，去散散步。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He is no mope, only thoughtful and quiet.
   他不是那种忧郁的人,只是好思考,不多说话。

经典引文

• The town seemed full of almost useless men moping at street corners.

  出自： D. Welch

• I would mope about the apartment with my hands in my pockets.

  出自： A. West

• Get out into the open. Don't mope around.

  出自： M. Gordon

词汇搭配

• mope around 没精打采地闲荡...
• mope about 没精打采地闲荡...

近反义词

【近义词】

• sulk 不高兴
• languish 衰弱无力
• grieve 使伤心
• sorrow 悲伤
• fret (使)烦恼
• pout 噘嘴
• brood 一窝
• despond 沮丧
• hang around 闲荡
• pine 松树
• gloom 黑暗
• grouch 不高兴的人
• brood over 郁闷地沉思, 沮丧地苦想...
• lower 低的
• over 在 ... 的上方...
• lounger 游手好闲之人...
• dallier Dally的名词形式...
• dilly-dallier 游手好闲的人...
• moon around 捣蛋
• dillydallier 因犹豫不决而浪费时间者...
• moon about 精神恍惚
• mope around 没精打采地闲荡...