plaintive [ˈplentɪv]

例句:

• It's a rare plaintive moment amid the fury.
  来自BBC
• To sooth the sorrows of her plaintive son.
  来自Dryden
• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.
  观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来.
  
• Suddenly a camel let out a plaintive ay, not far away.
  骆驼忽然哀叫了两声, 离他不远.
  
• They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.
  他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。
  
• Plaintive cries of Whatever happened to Whit Stillman?
  来自WSJ