wistful

英 ['wɪs(t)fʊl; -f(ə)l] 美['wɪstfl]

• adj. 渴望的；沉思的，默想的；引起怀念的；不满足似的

1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire;

"those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"

2. showing pensive sadness;

"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"