heartbroken

IPA/ˈhɑːtbrəʊkən/
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heartbroken — 形容詞

  • heartbrokenpositive
  • more heartbrokencomparative
  • most heartbrokensuperlative

1. feeling a deep and painful sadness, especially after losing someone or something

1.形容詞B2
釋義

心碎的

因失去或失望而極度悲傷

feeling a deep and painful sadness, especially after losing someone or something very important to you, or after a bad disappointment

例句

The Watanabe family were heartbroken after their home was destroyed by the earthquake.

渡邊一家在地震中失去家園後，心都碎了。

passive: be heartbroken after [event]

Aiko felt completely heartbroken when her best friend moved to another country.

Aiko 最好的朋友搬到另一個國家時，她感到徹底心碎。

collocation: completely heartbroken

常見搭配
  • heartbroken + about
  • heartbroken + over
  • heartbroken + to learn / to hear / to discover
  • heartbroken + that
  • leave someone heartbroken
  • completely / absolutely / utterly heartbroken
同義詞
  • devastated

    stronger; suggests feeling emotionally destroyed or crushed

  • grief-stricken

    more formal and intense; typically used for deaths or permanent loss

  • heartsick

    less common; suggests a lingering sadness rather than a sharp shock

反義詞
  • overjoyed

    the opposite emotion — extremely happy

  • elated

    formal; feeling great joy and excitement

文法句型

be heartbroken + about/over + noun

be heartbroken + to-infinitive

heartbroken + that-clause

heartbroken + by + noun

用法筆記

Used only for people (not for situations or events). To describe a situation that causes sadness, use heartbreaking instead.

常見錯誤

The ending of the film was heartbroken.
The ending of the film was heartbreaking.
heartbroken describes a person's feeling; heartbreaking describes something that causes that feeling.

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常用片語

  • leave someone heartbroken
  • be heartbroken
  • feel heartbroken
  • heartbroken to learn / hear / discover

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