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

• 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。
• In this book he laments the slight interest shown in his writings.
  在该书中他慨叹人们对他的著作兴趣微弱。
• 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。
• We could hear her laments through the closed door.
  我们可以听见她关着门在恸哭。
• In the 'Sonnet-to Science', Poe laments the disappearance of magic.
  在《十四行诗&致科学》里，坡哀叹魔力之一去不返。
• He laments the quality of potential engineers coming out of British schools.
  他对英国学校出来的未来工程师的质量感到失望。
• Laments about shoddy administration and corruption are commonplace.
  对于劣政和腐败的失望情绪十分常见。
• He laments at the state of SOA initiatives in the enterprise.
  他哀叹企业SOA项目的状况。
• This is no wonder that people sincerely laments?
  这怎不让人由衷感叹？
• 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。