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laments

英 [ləˈments]

美 [ləˈments]

v.  对…感到悲痛; 痛惜; 对…表示失望
n.  挽歌; 哀诗; 悼词
lament的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 为…悲痛;哀叹;痛惜
    If youlamentsomething, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it.
    1. Ken began to lament the death of his only son...
      肯开始对独子的死悲痛不已。
    2. He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police...
      他哀叹埃尔萨尔瓦多镇的居民居然不信任警方。
    3. 'Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas,' he lamented.
      “圣诞节以来物价降了4成,”他悲叹道。
  • N-COUNT 悲痛之情;哀叹;痛惜
    Someone'slamentis an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something.
    1. She spoke of the professional woman's lament that a woman's judgment is questioned more than a man's.
      她谈到职业女性的悲哀:与男性相比,她们的判断力更易遭人质疑。
  • N-COUNT 悼词;挽歌
    Alamentis a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died.
    1. A singer on the country music station was singing a lament for the late, great Buddy Holly.
      乡村音乐电台中,一位歌手正演唱歌曲哀悼已故的伟大音乐人巴迪·霍利。

双语例句

  • And, at one point in time, he laments the end of the old Latin world and the B.C.world, when people could have these child slaves.
    在某一时刻,他为拉丁时代和公元前时代的结束而哀悼,那时人们可以拥有小孩做奴隶。
  • Talking to Hendry, I was reminded of one of the most famous laments to be heard when the credit crisis broke in the summer.
    与亨德里交谈时,我想起了去年夏天信贷危机爆发时最有名的悲叹。
  • Instead he laments that contemporary politicians have very little sense of history.
    他还哀叹现代的政治家们太缺少历史感。
  • As one veteran observer laments, a crucial mistake was made at the outset: not allowing the government and its foreign supporters a monopoly on the means of violence.
    正如一位经验丰富的观察家所哀叹的,关键错误在一开始就铸成了:没有允许政府和其外国支持者完全主导对暴力的整治。
  • You realize that hip-hop is urban folk art, and as much an indication of the conditions in impoverished areas as bluesman Robert Johnson's laments in the1930s.
    你会意识到,嘻哈乐是一种都市民间艺术,它像上个世纪30年代的布鲁斯歌手罗伯特•约翰逊演唱的哀歌一样,对贫困地区的环境和条件具有强烈的暗示作用。
  • These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
    而且在以色列中成了定例。这歌载在哀歌书上。
  • Gary Moore, the co-founder, laments that retail sales have been slow.
    联合创始人GaryMoore悲叹最近零售销售额不佳。
  • We heard her laments at midnight.
    我们在半夜里听到她恸哭。
  • For these laments aren't for their own sake; it's not self-pity or a wallowing in one's tears.
    因为这不是为了他们自己而作的哀歌;这不是自我可怜,也不是要在泪海中沉溺不起。
  • While he laments the deaths of American soldiers, he barely mentions the suffering of Iraqi citizens.
    虽然他对死去的美军士兵表达了哀悼,却对伊拉克民众的苦难鲜有提及。