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词汇 touching
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Definition of touching in English:

touching

adjective ˈtʌtʃɪŋˈtətʃɪŋ
  • Arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude.

    令人同情的,令人感激的

    your loyalty is very touching

    你的忠诚令人感动。

    a touching reconciliation scene

    令人感动的和解的一幕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The opening of the second season moves at full speed, delivering a series of heavy emotional blows both touching and tragic.
    • I think you will all find it touching and poignant.
    • This is the most compelling part of the film, especially a long sequence in which his mother dances around laughing hysterically, which manages to be both touching and disturbing.
    • It's a touching scene, but not one desired by the socially well-adjusted.
    • In some ways, it's a touching scene that has fans sending the system off with a proper goodbye.
    • It is not a subtle film, but there are many moments of touching honesty and heartfelt emotion underneath the dynamic visuals and flowery script.
    • One could hear the proverbial pin drop as the four actors related a touching and evocative story of human tragedy and its sequence of events unfolding with one surprise after another.
    • I read on with mixed emotions the touching story of the dog they called Dilly.
    • It was a touching and poignant afternoon as friends gathered to show their respects to a man who had remained loyal and ever faithful to the ideals of Comhaltas.
    • The stadium presented a touching scene as lights were switched off and everyone stood up with burning candles in their hands.
    • Anything touching or heartbreaking or informative I might have to say was already written as fiction in a novel that's sadly out of print.
    • This brought half the guests to tears - it was quite a touching scene.
    • But overall, there is a very moving, very touching film presented.
    • Oh, and more important than all that, I have really found your writing to be very touching and very tender lately, and I don't know, its awesome.
    • It really tends to make people fall in love with other people who care about the same emotional, touching issue.
    • The church echoed with his touching and poignant music.
    • Your relationship is transformed through a touching emotional experience.
    • It's silly, but she is so adorable, and her seduction is inspired with such grace, that it makes a touching and subtle scene.
    • With the news of a child's disappearance all too common in the headlines, this beautiful play is a touching look at a tender subject and the way in which we all cope with real grief in the contemporary world.
    • In the coming weeks we want to hear and publish the stories of these youngsters and we expect some remarkable, touching and heart-warming tales to emerge.
    Synonyms
    moving, affecting, stirring, warming, heart-warming, impressive
    poignant, upsetting, saddening, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, plaintive, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tear-jerking, tragic, disturbing, evocative
    emotive, emotional, tender, sentimental
preposition ˈtʌtʃɪŋˈtətʃɪŋ
  • Concerning; about.

    关于;关系到

    discoveries touching the neglected traditions of the London Boroughs

    关于伦敦各区被忽视之传统的再发现。

Derivatives

  • touchingly

  • adverb ˈtʌtʃɪŋliˈtətʃɪŋli
    • The drawing was brilliant, touchingly beatific; leave it to a great artist to insist on reappropriating religious iconography from the boors who claim to speak in its name.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And before I run off… I'm not a lyrics guy, and had better not be confused with one, but I thought this was touchingly appropriate.
      • The book touchingly described the pains, miseries and hesitation of its young characters, winning great acclaim and empathy from those who had similar experiences.
      • Sometimes I lose sight of them entirely and my insatiable appetite for exploration leads me way off the route and they, touchingly nervous without my leadership, come in search of me.
      • After just a few touchingly awkward encounters, the kindhearted softie takes in the recently sacked cleaning lady, marries her and becomes a loving father to her daughter.
  • touchingness

  • nounˈtʌtʃɪnəsˈtətʃɪŋnəs
    • Besides mastery of composition, pathos, touchingness and power of affecting are also found in them.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dedication will be made to those who are dear and departed with a touchingness.
      • Unfortunately, the touchingness of the nunchuk scene is undercut slightly by the extreme obviousness of the body double (that wig does not look like her hair).
      • The familiarity and touchingness of the messages communicated in this particular instance were very remarkable, and can by no means be reproduced in any printed report of the sitting.
      • Slipping off the chair, Louise stands by the piano, for a complete contrast of a song, Lovers For A Day, which she sang pretty powerfully, and yet proved to switch easily between the powerful anger of the chorus, to the tender touchingness of the sad verses.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a preposition): from French touchant, present participle of toucher 'to touch'; the adjective (early 16th century) is from touch + -ing2.

Definition of touching in US English:

touching

adjectiveˈtətʃɪŋˈtəCHiNG
  • Arousing strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude.

    令人同情的,令人感激的

    your loyalty is very touching

    你的忠诚令人感动。

    a touching reconciliation scene

    令人感动的和解的一幕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a touching and poignant afternoon as friends gathered to show their respects to a man who had remained loyal and ever faithful to the ideals of Comhaltas.
    • I think you will all find it touching and poignant.
    • It's a touching scene, but not one desired by the socially well-adjusted.
    • Your relationship is transformed through a touching emotional experience.
    • This brought half the guests to tears - it was quite a touching scene.
    • This is the most compelling part of the film, especially a long sequence in which his mother dances around laughing hysterically, which manages to be both touching and disturbing.
    • But overall, there is a very moving, very touching film presented.
    • It really tends to make people fall in love with other people who care about the same emotional, touching issue.
    • In the coming weeks we want to hear and publish the stories of these youngsters and we expect some remarkable, touching and heart-warming tales to emerge.
    • The opening of the second season moves at full speed, delivering a series of heavy emotional blows both touching and tragic.
    • The stadium presented a touching scene as lights were switched off and everyone stood up with burning candles in their hands.
    • With the news of a child's disappearance all too common in the headlines, this beautiful play is a touching look at a tender subject and the way in which we all cope with real grief in the contemporary world.
    • One could hear the proverbial pin drop as the four actors related a touching and evocative story of human tragedy and its sequence of events unfolding with one surprise after another.
    • It is not a subtle film, but there are many moments of touching honesty and heartfelt emotion underneath the dynamic visuals and flowery script.
    • Oh, and more important than all that, I have really found your writing to be very touching and very tender lately, and I don't know, its awesome.
    • In some ways, it's a touching scene that has fans sending the system off with a proper goodbye.
    • It's silly, but she is so adorable, and her seduction is inspired with such grace, that it makes a touching and subtle scene.
    • The church echoed with his touching and poignant music.
    • I read on with mixed emotions the touching story of the dog they called Dilly.
    • Anything touching or heartbreaking or informative I might have to say was already written as fiction in a novel that's sadly out of print.
    Synonyms
    moving, affecting, stirring, warming, heart-warming, impressive
prepositionˈtətʃɪŋˈtəCHiNG
  • Concerning; about.

    关于;关系到

    evidence touching the facts of Roger's case

Origin

Late Middle English (as a preposition): from French touchant, present participle of toucher ‘to touch’; the adjective ( early 16th century) is from touch + -ing.

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