mope

英 [məʊp] 美 [mop]
  • vi. 忧郁;百无聊赖
  • vt. 使忧郁;没精打采地度过
  • n. 忧郁的人;消沉

助记提示


1. 【记】拼音:磨破,干活把手磨破了-> 闷闷不乐。
2. m- (拼音“没”) + hope => mope: 没希望,自然就郁闷、闷闷不乐了。
3. 谐音“没(mou)谱”-----没谱,真因为对事情“没谱”,所以才会显得很忧郁、郁闷、闷闷不乐,如果“有谱”的话,就不会这样了。
4. moping: 谐音“没(mou)品”-----她说我没品,这让我感到非常郁闷。
5. 谐音“谋骗、陌骗、摸骗、魔骗”----被谋骗、被陌生人骗,对此很郁闷。

中文词源


mope 自怨自艾

词源不确定,可能来自拟声词。

英文词源


mope (v.)
1560s, "to move and act unconsciously;" 1580s, "to be listless and apathetic," the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (compare Low German mopen "to sulk," Dutch moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Danish maabe, dialectal Swedish mopa "to mope"). Related: Moped; moping; mopey; mopish.

双语例句


1. Get on with life and don't sit back and mope.
活跃一些享受生活,不要闲呆着闷闷不乐的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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.

来自辞典例句

3. Was there any use buying Dilcey if she was going to mope about the child?
只买来迪尔茜,要是她整天惦记孩子,又有什么用?

来自飘(部分)

4. Mope around He's been moping around ( the house ) all day.
他整天都在 ( 房子 ) 周围瞎转悠.

来自互联网

5. Don't mope around the house like that go for a walk.
别这么没精打采地在家里打转,出去散散步吧.

来自互联网

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