plaintively

常见例句

“Why does God not kill me straight away?” he wrote plaintively. The end came soon.
他哀怨地写道：“上帝怎么不让我立刻死去？”
Together we consumed our share of steak, bacon, and processed grains before he asked me rather plaintively one day whether I could do something good with brown rice.
我们一同分享牛排、培根，和精制谷物，有一天，他非常之哀哀怨怨地问我，是否愿意行行好试下吃糙米。
As one friend said plaintively, "Parents need special time, too."
正如一个朋友哀怨地说：“家长也需要独处的时间。”

They ask plaintively: With extremists on both sides, how we can have civilized discourse and compromise?
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That created its own drama — with builders, protesting sky-high interest rates, plaintively mailing two by fours to the Fed.
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Why should Turkey implement difficult reforms to meet European standards, some ask plaintively, if EU membership will not be forthcoming in return?
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