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

• A melancholic teacher may be the kind of person who withdraws into the self& an introvert who is self-occupied and avoids the world.
  一个抑郁质的老师可能是容易退缩到自身的那种人&内向、关注自我、避免与世界接触；
• John Donne the Melancholic
  忧郁的诗人&约翰多恩
• 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。
• 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。
• There is little doubt that American consumers have proven they are far more tenacious than their melancholic European peers.
  毋庸置疑，美国消费者明显远比忧郁的欧洲同胞来得坚韧。
• These landscapes are endlessly melancholic.
  这些风景是无穷尽的忧郁症。
• The most renowned Portuguese music is Fado, a form of melancholic music.
  最有名的葡萄牙音乐是法多（Fado），是一种表现忧郁音乐的形式。
• A Probe into the Melancholic Theme of Nineteen Ancient Poems
  《古诗十九首》的悲情主题探析
• 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。