Lament
[lə'ment] or [lə'mɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a cry of sorrow and grief; 'their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward'.
(verb.) express grief verbally; 'we lamented the death of the child'.
編輯:蒂姆--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
(v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
(v.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
(v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
整理:朱莉安娜
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.
v. a. Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.
n. [1]. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.[2]. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
巴顿整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Deplore, mourn, bewail, regret, grieve_for, bemoan, wail_for
ANT:Welcome, hall
亚伯整理
解釋/意思:
v.i. to utter grief in outcries: to wail: to mourn.—v.t. to mourn for: to deplore.—n. sorrow expressed in cries: an elegy or mournful ballad.—adj. Lam′entable deserving or expressing sorrow: sad: pitiful despicable.—adv. Lam′entably.—n. Lamentā′tion act of lamenting: audible expression of grief: wailing: (pl. B.) a book of Jeremiah.—p.adj. Lament′ed bewailed: mourned.—adv. Lament′ingly with lamentation.
埃莉诺校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you bitterly lament the loss of friends, or property, signifies great struggles and much distress, from which will spring causes for joy and personal gain. To lament the loss of relatives, denotes sickness or disappointments, which will bring you into closer harmony with companions, and will result in brighter prospects for the future.
校對:莫蒂默
例句/造句/用法:
- You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And therefore he will be least likely to lament, and will bear with the greatest equanimity any misfortune of this sort which may befall him. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- For her I could not lament, so much I envied her enjoyment of the sad immunities of the grave. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- That was the burden of her lament; and her last adjuration to her daughter was to escape from dinginess if she could. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Yes, Watson, I went there, and I found very quickly that the late lamented Oldacre was a pretty considerable blackguard. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- She was the mother of fifteen children, when she died lamented and respected by every one who knew her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Much to be lamented, no doubt, particularly by myself, who am a child of nature if I could but show it; but so it is. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Likewise she overdid her respect, and all that, for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Then Ruth came, and they wept together, and lamented, then Naomi came to comfort them. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If my lamented friend had taken my advice, the business of the inquest would have been with the body of Mr. Hartright. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- From early youth he had considered his pedigree with complacency, and bitterly lamented his want of wealth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- From such vague laments I turned to the contemplation of the minutiae of my situation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yes, she laments it; yet owns it may have been best. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Some were lamenting, and in restless motion; but, these were few. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Laurie smiled, but he liked the spirit with which she took up a new purpose when a long-cherished one died, and spent no time lamenting. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Epidemic diseases, I believed, were often heralded by a gasping, sobbing, tormented, long-lamenting east wind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- You are a mere infant, but you'll go next, Jo, and we'll be left lamenting, said Laurie, shaking his head over the degeneracy of the times. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- And instead of having any shame or self-control, he will be always whining and lamenting on slight occasions. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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