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

• 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're left with the multiple options that she laments.
  我们被留下了，很多种可能。
• 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。
• Half a century after Suez, part of the British psyche still laments this retreat from the world.
  在苏伊士危机过去半个世纪之后，英国人部分程度上仍有因放弃争夺世界霸权而懊恼的心理。
• 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。
• 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。
• Vain laments, slim fantasy, crushed into small thorn headlong into the atrium.
  徒劳的感叹，渺茫的幻想，碾碎成了小刺扎进了心房。
• 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。
• 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。
• This Singaporean statesman laments that many political and other troubles have hampered Philippine economic progress.
  许多政治和其他问题防碍了菲律宾的经济发展，李光耀感到非常惋惜。