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wistful 【wistful】adj.渴望的A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.小孩站在橱窗前渴望地看着那些玩具。

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['wɪstfl] 
wistfulshowing pensive sadness
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.
People who appear wistful often show a longing for something or a look of serious reflection. One way to describe the adjective wistful is as the sad appearance of someone looking back and thinking "if only..." A thoughtful or pensive mood centered on something good in the past that is missed or something not so good in the present that could have been better "if only" something had gone differently — these things make for a wistful outlook.
All forms of 'wistful' will appear on average once every 532 pages.wistfulwistfullywistfulness

Front	wistful
Pron	['wɪstfl]
Back	【wistful】adj.渴望的 A child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window. 小孩站在橱窗前渴望地看着那些玩具。
Vocab	wistfulshowing pensive sadness 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. People who appear wistful often show a longing for something or a look of serious reflection. One way to describe the adjective wistful is as the sad appearance of someone looking back and thinking "if only..." A thoughtful or pensive mood centered on something good in the past that is missed or something not so good in the present that could have been better "if only" something had gone differently — these things make for a wistful outlook. All forms of 'wistful' will appear on average once every 532 pages. wistful wistfully wistfulness

Wistful Pensive Sadness Good Wɪstfl Wistful】Adj.渴望的 Child Stood