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

• He laments at the state of SOA initiatives in the enterprise.
  他哀叹企业SOA项目的状况。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But that is not yet true in Russia, he laments.
  他慨叹俄罗斯还未达到这种水平。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, Mufasa's wicked brother, Scar, laments the unfairness of his life.
  这时，木法沙的兄弟，邪恶的刀疤，正为命运的不公平而痛苦不已。
• 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。
• 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。