1WEAKto become sad and not continue your life as normal because someone has died or gone away 〔因某人去世或离开而〕悲伤,难过
Six months after he left, she was still pining.
他离开六个月了,她还是很悲伤。
2.pine awayphrasal verbphr vto become less active, weaker, and often ill, especially because you miss someone who has died or gone away 〔尤因思念去世或离开的人而〕萎靡不振,憔悴虚弱
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pine away• The Vaudois pined away or escaped, and the Monregalesi were allowed to return home after a few years.
3pine for somebody/somethingphrasal verbphr v
a)if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again 怀念〔某地或某事物〕
After two months in France I was pining for home.
在法国待了两个月后,我盼望着回家。
b)SAD/UNHAPPYif you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you 思念〔某人〕
Karen had been pining for her friends back home in Colorado.
卡伦一直都在思念家乡科罗拉多的朋友们。
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pine for • Why then do I continue to pine for a drafty bedsitter in rain-soaked Islington?• The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home.• As the days passed, Diana pined for her Prince and yet he never telephoned.• And yet we go on pining for it, and can never stop.• I left my officechair to pine for my speedyreturn and took myself over to the window.• Yet how he must have pined forrecognition from Placide.• Though Dad is awfully good at growing green things, the Little Sproutspine for something sweeter.• But play it for an hour and you soon start pining for the subtlety and simulation of Evolution.
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pine• The girls who pined and died for love would nowadays be thought anorexic.• For months Jennifer stayed at home, pining away for Jack.• She thinks I am pining away from love.• The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home.• I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window.• Yet how he must have pined for recognition from Placide.
Originpine1
(1000-1100)Latinpinus
pine2
Old Englishpinian, from pin“punishment”, from Latinpoena; → PAIN1