Full of deep sadness.

Full of deep sadness滿是深沉的悲傷.

It is a strong, serious word, and a formal or literary one — you meet it far more often in books, poems, hymns and news writing than in talk. If your friend's dog dies, you say she is 'really sad' or 'heartbroken'; you would not normally say she is 'sorrowful' unless you were writing about it.

It is它是 a strong, serious word一個很強烈、很嚴肅的詞, and a formal or literary one而且是書面或文學性的詞 — you meet it你會 far more often遠比在對話裡 in books, poems, hymns and news writing than in talk在書、詩、聖詩和新聞寫作裡遇到它. If your friend's dog dies如果你朋友的狗死了, you say你會說 she is 'really sad' or 'heartbroken'她「很難過」或「心碎了」; you would not normally say你通常不會說 she is 'sorrowful'她「sorrowful」 unless you were writing about it除非你是在寫文章.

The sadness it names is the quiet, heavy, lasting kind — grief, loss, regret — not the small disappointment of a rainy day.

The sadness它所指的悲傷 it names is the quiet, heavy, lasting kind是那種安靜、沉重、持久的悲傷 — grief, loss, regret哀慟、失去、遺憾 — not the small disappointment of a rainy day而不是下雨天那種小小的失望.

It describes a person who feels that way ('a sorrowful widow'), but just as often the thing that SHOWS the feeling: a sorrowful face, a sorrowful voice, sorrowful eyes. It can also describe something that makes you feel that way, or is full of that feeling — a sorrowful song, a sorrowful story.

It describes它可以形容 a person who feels that way一個有這種感受的人 ('a sorrowful widow'像「a sorrowful widow悲傷的寡婦」), but just as often但也一樣常 the thing that SHOWS the feeling用來形容表現出這種感受的東西: a sorrowful face, a sorrowful voice, sorrowful eyes悲傷的臉、悲傷的聲音、悲傷的眼神. It can also它也可以 describe something用來形容某個東西 that makes you feel that way, or is full of that feeling讓你感到悲傷,或本身充滿悲傷 — a sorrowful song, a sorrowful story像悲傷的歌、悲傷的故事.

Two smaller things worth noticing. First, it stretches, gently and often half-jokingly, to things that just look droopy or pitiful: 'he gave me a sorrowful look' about a boy who wants ice cream. The word is doing lighter work there, and everyone hears the wink.

Two smaller things有兩個比較小的地方 worth noticing值得注意. First第一, it stretches它會延伸, gently and often half-jokingly帶點輕鬆、常常是半開玩笑地, to things that just look droopy or pitiful用到只是看起來垂頭喪氣、可憐兮兮的東西上: 'he gave me a sorrowful look'像「他給了我一個sorrowful的眼神」 about a boy who wants ice cream講的是一個想吃冰淇淋的小男孩. The word這個詞 is doing lighter work there在這裡的份量比較輕, and everyone hears the wink而大家都聽得出那種調侃的味道.

Second, in older and religious English it can shade toward 'causing sorrow' rather than 'feeling sorrow' — the Sorrowful Mysteries in Catholic prayer are the painful events, not sad ones. Modern learners mostly need the first meaning.

Second第二, in older and religious English在較舊或宗教性的英文裡 it can shade toward它可以偏向 'causing sorrow' rather than 'feeling sorrow'「造成悲傷」而不是「感到悲傷」 — the Sorrowful Mysteries in Catholic prayer像天主教禱告裡的Sorrowful Mysteries(痛苦奧蹟) are the painful events, not sad ones指的是痛苦的事件,不是悲傷的事件. Modern learners現代學習者 mostly need大多只需要 the first meaning第一種意思就夠了.