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

• Laments about shoddy administration and corruption are commonplace.
  对于劣政和腐败的失望情绪十分常见。
• 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。
• 'I don't know why I was born or what I am,'he laments at one point, and you can relate, since the movie doesn't know what to do with him.
  他在片中哀叹：“我不知道我为何而生，我不知道我是谁。”你对他的话会深有同感，因为影片根本不知道该拿这个人物怎么办。
• Such are the desperate laments of the sufferer.
  我宝贵的一生就这样浪费了么？
• 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。
• As cannon shells are falling around him, he laments," Maybe I went a little too far. "
  正当炮弹在他周围降落，他悔恨，“可能我离开得有一些远了。”
• 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。
• 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。
• We're left with the multiple options that she laments.
  我们被留下了，很多种可能。
• 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。