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。
• Such are the desperate laments of the sufferer.
  我宝贵的一生就这样浪费了么？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We heard her laments at midnight.
  我们在半夜里听到她恸哭。
• He laments that scientists have largely ignored the concept of love.
  他感到遗憾的是，科学家们大都忽略了爱情的含义。
• 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。”
• Besides, as a senior UN official laments, the Iraq fiasco has "poisoned this well".
  另外作为联合国官方的一大痛楚，伊拉克的惨败已经“严重毒化了这一概念”。