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sorrowful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sor·row·ful /ˈsɒrəʊfəl $ ˈsɑːroʊ-, ˈsɔː-/ adjective literary  SAD/UNHAPPYvery sad 伤心的,悲伤的 a sorrowful expression 悲伤的表情sorrowfully adverb ‘A lot of damage has already been done, ’ he said sorrowfully. 已经造成了许多损失。他伤心地说。
Examples from the Corpus
sorrowfulDear one, be not so sorrowful.The Counts were well pleased at this; but all the people of the land were sorrowful.Tero followed them at a distance, watching her new friend with sorrowful anxious eyes.Not from irritation, but because she knew it was a lie, and felt sorrowful because of Alice.He looked like he was in his early forties with thin, wavy gray hair and a sorrowful expression.All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be.Victorine roared with sorrowful mirth: oh what a story, well that certainly cuts out the Blessed Virgin.a sorrowful poem
sor·row·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
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sorrowful
sorrowful /ˈsɒrəʊfəl $ ˈsɑːroʊ-, ˈsɔː-/ adjective literary
very sad:
    a sorrowful expression
—sorrowfully adverb:
    ‘A lot of damage has already been done,’ he said sorrowfully.


sor·row·fulBrE /ˈsɒrəʊfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːroʊfl/ 🔊 adjective (literary) very sad 悲伤的;悲痛的;悲哀的her sorrowful eyes她悲伤的双眼 sor·row·ful·ly BrE /ˈsɒrəʊfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːroʊfəli/ 🔊 adverb