sigh
verb
noun
saɪ verb
1 to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc 叹气,叹息〔尤因厌烦、失望、疲倦等〕
‘Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now,’ she sighed.
“唉,我们现在对此无能为力。”她叹口气说。
sigh heavily/deeply
Frankie stared out of the window and sighed deeply.
弗朗姬凝望着窗外,深深地叹了口气。
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He sighed with despair at the thought of all the opportunities he had missed.
想到自己错过的一个个机会,他绝望地叹了口气。
2 if the wind sighs, it makes a long sound like someone sighing [文] 〔风〕呼啸,呜咽 literary
The wind sighed in the trees.
林中风声呜咽。
3
sigh for sth
to be sad because you are thinking about a pleasant time in the past 为某事物悲叹 (叹息 )
Emilia sighed for her lost youth.
埃米莉亚悲叹逝去的青春。
noun
4 an act or sound of sighing 叹气,叹息(声)
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She let out a sigh of impatience.
她不耐烦地叹了口气。
give/let out/heave a sigh
Laura shrugged, and gave a heavy sigh.
劳拉耸了耸肩,重重地叹了口气。
We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard they were safe.
听到他们平安无事,我们都松了一口气。