lament

英 [ləˈment]

美 [ləˈment]

v.  对…感到悲痛; 痛惜; 对…表示失望
n.  挽歌; 哀诗; 悼词

过去式：lamented　第三人称单数：laments　现在分词：lamenting　过去分词：lamented　复数：laments　

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牛津词典

verb

• 对…感到悲痛；痛惜；对…表示失望
  to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth
  1. In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.
     在那首诗里他对乡村遭到的破坏流露出悲哀。

noun

• 挽歌；哀诗；悼词
  a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended

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。

英英释义

noun

• a mournful poem
  Synonym:elegy
• a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  Synonym:dirgecoronachrequiemthrenody
• a cry of sorrow and grief
  1. their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
  Synonym:lamentationplaintwail

verb

• regret strongly
  1. I deplore this hostile action
  2. we lamented the loss of benefits
  Synonym:deplorebewailbemoan
• express grief verbally
  1. we lamented the death of the child
  Synonym:keen

双语例句

• Many to this day lament this rash change, particularly poets of the old school.
  许多人，特别是旧派诗人，至今仍在悲叹这一急剧的变革。
• It has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it.
  事情既然已经发生了，我实在无法装出那种悲哀的样子。
• Given our podium, many of us feel a responsibility to lament our own power.
  考虑到我们占据了指挥台，我们中很多人对悲叹我们自己拥有的权力感到义不容辞。
• '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。
• While you lament the past, other men take position in rome's future.
  你还在哀悼过去，其他的人已经控制了罗马的未来。
• Let all lament with me.
  让所有人与我一起悲伤。
• He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.
  他使外郭和城墙都悲哀，一同衰败。
• But I don't want any of this lover's lament crap.
  但是我不要任何情人悲伤的废话。
• Wherefore I must ever lament.
  我因此必须永恒地哀悼。
• We lament ( over) his death.
  我们哀悼他的逝世。