mope
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mope | |
| he / she / it mopes | |
| past simple moped | |
| past participle moped | |
| -ing form moping |
to spend your time doing nothing and feeling sorry for yourself 闷闷不乐；自怨自艾 Extra ExamplesIt would benefit no one if we all sat moping for the next week. 如果我们下周都坐着闷闷不乐，对谁都没有好处。 You should build on the little triumphs rather than moping about disasters. 你应该建立在小胜利的基础上，而不是对灾难闷闷不乐。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (the early noun sense being ‘fool or simpleton’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect mopa ‘to sulk’.