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Pensive describes a person — or a face, a look, a silence — that is deep in thought, and the thought is usually heavy: worry, sadness, or something they cannot shake off. They may stare out of a window or grow quiet in the middle of a conversation. It is not the same as thinking hard in class, and it is not the same as thoughtful when thoughtful means kind and considering other people. Pensive is a slightly word; you meet it in stories more than in everyday chat. A pensive smile is a small smile with the mind somewhere else.
若有所思的；沉思的（常帶一點憂愁，不是單純「認真在想」）
組成From Old French pensif ('thoughtful'), from penser ('to think'), from Latin pēnsō, + -if (English -ive).
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- pensivelythe adverb: in a pensive way
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pensiveadj/ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/
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Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
- He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully.
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Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
- The author’s tone grows pensive in the final chapters.
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Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
- Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce
- Through the deep grass the faces of the three children glowed like pensive moons.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。