lamentation
英[l?m?n'te??(?)n]
美[,l?m?n'te??n]
- n. 悲嘆，哀悼；慟哭
詞態變化
復數:?lamentations;
英文詞源
- lamentation (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French lamentacion and directly from Latin lamentationem (nominative lamentatio) "wailing, moaning, weeping," noun of action from past participle stem of lamentari "to wail, moan, weep, lament," from lamentum "a wailing," from PIE root *la- "to shout, cry," probably ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwitan.
雙語例句
- 1. It was a time for mourning and lamentation.
- 這是一個沉痛悼念的時刻。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation.
- 這一要素并不引起,或者說通常不產生故作悲傷的嘆息.
來自哲學部分
- 3. Much lamentation followed the death of the old king.
- 老國王晏駕,人們悲慟不已.
來自辭典例句
- 4. There was lamentation throughout the land at the news of the defeat.
- 敗北的消息傳來,舉國哀嘆.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The little that she said was all in lamentation of this inevitable delay.
- 她所說的寥寥數語,全是哀嘆這迫不得已的耽延.
來自辭典例句