pine away(v.+adv.)
消瘦; 憔悴; 衰弱 waste away; grow thin and weak through unhappiness
▲pine away
Abandoned by her lover, she pined away.她因被情人抛弃而憔悴不堪。
She lost interest in living and just pined away.她已了无生趣,日渐憔悴。
After so much heartbreak she just pined away.经历了这么多伤心事之后她日渐憔悴了。
For a year after her boyfriend left her,Grace missed him so badly that she almost pined away to nothing.自从她的男朋友离开她以后,一年来,格雷斯想他想得都瘦成一把骨头了。
pine for(v.+prep.)
因渴望得到…而瘦弱〔憔悴〕 grow weak and unhappy with a desire for (sth/sb)
▲pine for sb/sth
She sat in the house day after day, pining for her lover.她整天坐在房屋里,思念着自己的情人。
The boy pined for nothing else but a toy horse.这个小男孩渴望得到玩具马,别的什么都不要。
They are pining for home.他们思念着家乡。
They still pined for their lost wealth.他们仍然念念不忘他们失去的财富。
He had been pining for a moment like this.他一直渴望有这样的时刻。
It was no good pining for what we have not got; we must make the most of what we have.苦思我们没有的东西毫无用处,我们必须充分利用我们已有的东西。
pine over(v.+prep.)
因…而瘦弱〔憔悴,不愉快〕 grow weak and unhappy on account of sth
▲pine over sth
The boy has been pining over his dead dog for more than a week now.一个星期以来,这孩子因他的狗死而闷闷不乐。
