sad
adj
(-dder, -ddest)
1 showing or causing sorrow; unhappy 悲哀的; 憂愁的; 難過的
a sad look, event, story 憂愁的表情、 傷心的事件、 悲慘的故事
John is sad because his dog has died. 約翰因為自己的狗死了非常傷心.
I'm sad you're leaving. 你要走了, 我很難過.
It was a sad day for us all when the school closed down. 學校關閉那天, 我們都很悲痛.
Why is she looking so sad? 她為什麼愁容滿面?
2 [attrib 作定語]
worthy of blame or criticism; bad 該受責備或批評的; 壞的
a sad state of affairs 很糟糕的情況
a sad case of cruelty 非常殘忍的事.
3 making one feel pity or regret 令人遺憾或惋惜的
This once beautiful ship is in a sad condition now. 那麼漂亮的船現在成了這種樣子了.
4 (idm 習語) ,sadder but `wiser having learnt sth important from a disappointing mistake or failure 從錯誤和失敗吸取重要教訓
The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man. 他離婚是吃一塹長一智. sad to say (used esp at the beginning of a sentence 尤用於句首) unfortunately 不幸的是
Sad to say, she hasn't given us permission to do it. 不幸的是, 她沒準許我們做這件事.