sorrowfully
/ˈsɒrəʊfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɑːrəʊfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /-f(ə)lē -li/ (ame, mw)
sorrowfully — 副詞
1. showing deep unhappiness or regret through one's expression, words, or actions
悲傷地
非常難過的樣子或方式
showing deep unhappiness or regret through one's expression, words, or actions
Diego shook his head sorrowfully when he learned that the community garden would be closed.
Diego 得知社區花園即將關閉時，悲傷地搖了搖頭。
sorrowfully + when-clause
'I wish I could have stayed longer,' Mei-Lin said sorrowfully, folding the letter.
「我真希望可以待久一點，」Mei-Lin 一邊摺起信紙，一邊悲傷地說。
dialogue tag: said sorrowfully + participle
The children watched sorrowfully as the storm tore apart their treehouse in the backyard.
孩子們悲傷地看著暴風雨摧毀後院裡的樹屋。
Dr. Okafor looked sorrowfully at the rows of empty chairs in the hospital chapel.
Okafor 醫生悲傷地看著醫院禮拜堂裡一排排的空椅子。
Ananya spoke sorrowfully about the old market that had been torn down last year.
Ananya 悲傷地談起去年被拆除的那個老市場。
- sadly
more common and less intense; also works as a sentence adverb
- mournfully
more literary, with a grieving or lamenting quality
- dolefully
suggests a pitiful, sorrowful expression
- joyfully
opposite emotional tone, suggests happiness and delight
- cheerfully
bright and optimistic, opposite in mood
文法句型
[verb] + sorrowfully
sorrowfully, [clause]
用法筆記
More common in written narratives and formal speech than in casual conversation. Unlike sadly, sorrowfully is rarely used as a sentence adverb meaning 'unfortunately'.