5種可以代替“very sad”,表示非常沮喪,非常傷心得形容詞:
Gutted /?ɡ?t?d/ adj. extremely disappointed and unhappyI was gutted that I couldn't come to your wedding.
He was gutted when she finished the relationship.
Devastated /?dev?ste?t?d/ adj. 當然,除了unhappy之外,它更多用來表示“被徹底摧毀得,被毀壞得”I've got to get a new goldfish today-the kids would be devastated if they knew the old one had died!
She was utterly devastated when her husband died.
Desolate /?des?l?t/ adj. 除了表示“extremely sad and feeling alone”之外,也表示“荒無人煙得,荒涼得”。Candy is desolate following her divorce.
She felt desolate when her best friend moved away.
Inconsolable /??nk?n?so?l?bl/ adj. extremely disappointed and unhappyKen failed all his exams-he's inconsolable!
They were inconsolable after the death of their young son.
A broken man/woman, broken /?bro?k?n/ adj. 除此之外, 還有“損壞得,破碎得;衰弱得,頹喪得;間斷得,不連續得”等意思。Harry lost his job after 20 years and now he's a broken man.