每日N词|20160202

A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.

这个孩子站在那里看着商店里的琳琅玩具，眼红极了。

▷wistful ['wɪs(t)fʊl; -f(ə)l]

【释义】

Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something. "Wist" isn't even a word that's used anymore, but you can still be wistful.

adj. 渴望的;沉思的,默想的;引起怀念的;不满足似的

a wistful smile

向往的微笑

I thought about those days in Spain and grew wistful.

我想起了那些在西班牙的日子，思念之情油然而生。