音标:[sai] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 叹息
vi. 叹息, 渴望
vt. 叹息着说
n. an utterance made by exhaling audibly
n. a sound like a person sighing
v. heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
v. utter with a sigh
词型变化:过去式 : sighed ; 第三人称单数 : sighs ; 现在分词 : sighing ; 名词复数形式 : sighs ; 过去分词 : sighed
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
动词70%
名词30%

sigh的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. When he heard the news, he uttered a sigh.听到这消息时,他叹了口气。
  2. She heaved a sigh and became lost in thought.她叹了口气,随即陷入了沉思。
  3. The old man uttered a sigh and went out.那位老人叹息了一声,走了出去。
  4. I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh.我掩着面叹息。
用作动词(v.)
  1. He sighed with despair.他绝望地叹了口气。
  2. ‘I wish I didn't have so much to do,’she sighed.`我但愿没有这么多事情要做,'她叹著气说。
  3. She looked out of the window, sighing for her lost youth.她看着窗外,为她失去的青春而惋惜。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. She put down the phone, sighed, and shook her head sadly.她放下电话,叹着气,悲伤地摇了摇头。
  2. He thought of all the opportunities he had missed, and sighed.他想到已错过的一切机会,便叹了一口气。
  3. The wind sighed in the treetops.风吹树梢发出轻微的啸声。
  4. When he finished his homework, he sighed with relief.他完成了家庭作业后,轻松地舒了口气。
  5. She sighed with relief when she heard the good news.听到这个好消息时,她宽慰地舒了口气。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Mary sighed her relief.玛丽宽慰地舒了一口气。
  2. He sighed a deep sigh.他深深地叹了一口气。
  3. She sighed her reluctant agreement to the proposal.她叹息表示她勉强同意这个建议。
  4. She sighed her sad experiences out.她叹息地说出了自己的不幸。
引出直接引语
  1. “I've still got several hours' work to do,”he sighed.“我还有几个小时的工作要做。”他叹息着说。
  2. “Where can I find enough courage to see me through this struggle?”Mary sighed.玛丽叹道:“我从哪里可以找到足够的勇气来支持我的斗争?”
用作名词(n.)
  1. The old man gave a deep sigh.那老人深深地叹了口气。
  2. We all make a sigh of relief when we heard that he was safe.听说他平安无事,我们都松了一口气。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
sigh about〔for,over〕 (v.+prep.)
    因…叹息,悲叹 breathe loudly, expressing a feeling, usually sad, on count of (sth or sb)sigh about〔for,over〕 sb/sth

    It's no good sighing about your failure, it is better to start again.

    为失败叹息毫无益处,最好是从头做起。

    Sighing for sorrow can be harmful.

    悲哀叹息会伤害身体。

    She sighed over her unhappy fate.

    她悲叹自己的不幸的命运。

    I hope you are not still sighing over that boy.

    我希望你不再为那个小伙子伤心叹息。

    The teacher told him not to sigh over the failure of yesterday's test.

    老师告诉他不要为昨天考试不及格叹息。

sigh away (v.+adv.)
    连声悲叹 continuously breathe loudly expressing a feeling, usually sadsigh away

    By sighing away for hours, she hoped to attract her family's attention to her suffering.

    她一连几个小时老是叹气,希望引起家里人关心她的痛苦。

    sigh sth ⇔ away

    You can sigh away half your youth if you choose to allow failed relationship to sadden you.

    如果你陷于失败的伤感中,你就会使前半生在叹息中度过。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • sigh a deep sigh深深地叹了一口气
  • sigh sb's experiences叹息地说出了某人的经历
~+副词
  • sigh audibly听得见地叹息
  • sigh contritely悔恨地叹气
  • sigh desolately忧伤地叹气
  • sigh dismally沮丧地叹气
  • sigh inaudibly听不见地叹息
  • sigh involuntarily不情愿地叹气
  • sigh pensively忧伤地叹气
  • sigh plaintively忧郁地叹气
  • sigh profoundly深深地叹气
  • sigh reminiscently回忆往事地叹气
  • sigh tremulously颤抖地叹气
  • sigh woefully忧愁地叹气
  • sigh away one's days叹息着过日子
  • sigh forth sth叹息中说出某事
~+介词
  • sigh about为…叹气
  • sigh after〔for〕渴望,思慕
  • sigh at〔over〕 an accident为一桩灾祸而叹息
  • sigh for the country怀念祖国
  • sigh for one's home怀念家乡
  • sigh for a house渴望房子
  • sigh over the failure为失败叹息
  • sigh with relief宽慰地舒一口气
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • breathe〔give〕 a sigh发出一声叹息
~+介词
  • a sigh of relief〔sadness, pleasure〕欣慰〔悲痛,愉快〕的一声长吁

经典引文

  • The last sentence..ended with a sigh as of faintness.

    出自:R. Kipling
  • With a sigh of relief, Myatt found himself alone.

    出自:G. Greene
  • He sighed when he saw..he was..next to her at the dinner table.

    出自:W. Cather
  • The coconut trees..sigh in the wind.

    出自:H. Bascom
【近义词】

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