To mope is to sit around feeling sorry for yourself and doing nothing about it. You are sad or sulky, and you let it show — you drag your feet, you stare at the wall, you will not be cheered up. It is informal, and it can sound a little impatient: a parent saying don't just mope means stop sitting there with that face and do something.

To mope Mope這個字 is to sit around feeling sorry for yourself就是坐在那裡自怨自艾 and doing nothing about it卻什麼都不做. You你 are sad or sulky會顯得難過或彆扭, and you let it show而且藏不住 — you drag your feet你拖著腳步, you stare at the wall你盯著牆壁發呆, you will not be cheered up怎麼哄都不會開心起來. It它 is informal是口語用法, and it can sound a little impatient而且聽起來可能有點不耐煩: a parent saying don't just mope父母說don't just mope means stop sitting there with that face and do something意思是別擺著那張臉坐在那裡，去做點事.

You can mope about a breakup, about the rain, about missing a trip. It is not the careful word doctors use for deep sadness; it is the everyday picture of someone who has gone quiet and heavy and will not try.

You你 can mope可以mope about a breakup因為分手, about the rain因為下雨, about missing a trip因為錯過一趟旅行. It它 is not the careful word doctors use for deep sadness不是醫生用來形容深度憂鬱的正式用詞; it它 is the everyday picture而是日常生活裡的畫面 of someone who has gone quiet and heavy形容一個人變得安靜、沉重 and will not try而且提不起勁.

There is also a noun, a mope, for a person who lives like that, but the verb is the one you will hear.

There is also a noun這個字也有名詞用法, a mope一個mope, for a person who lives like that指過著這種樣子生活的人, but the verb is the one you will hear不過你會聽到的通常是動詞.

Though actually, moping is not the same as being tired, and it is not the same as grieving — it has that extra flavour of refusing to budge.

Though actually不過事實上, moping is not the same as being tired鬱悶跟累不是同一回事, and it is not the same as grieving也跟悲傷不同 — it它 has that extra flavour of refusing to budge多了一種不肯振作起來的味道.