lamentation

英 [ˌlæmənˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌlæmənˈteɪʃn]

n.  悲伤; 悲痛; 悲哀; 十分失望

复数：lamentations　

CET6

BNC.22161 / COCA.23933

牛津词典

noun

• 悲伤；悲痛；悲哀；十分失望
  an expression of great sadness or disappointment

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 悲恸；哀悼
  Alamentationis an expression of great sorrow.
  1. It was a time for mourning and lamentation.
     这是一个沉痛悼念的时刻。
  2. ...special prayers and lamentations.
     特别祷告和哀悼

英英释义

noun

• the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
  Synonym:mourning
• a cry of sorrow and grief
  1. their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
  Synonym:lamentplaintwail

双语例句

• And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
  他们哀号的时候，为你作起哀歌哀哭，说，有何城如推罗。有何城如她在海中成为寂寞的呢。
• What have I to do with lamentation?
  我有什么可悲叹的呢？
• A cry of lamentation went up.
  发出了哀痛的哭声。
• Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.
  徒8：2有虔诚的人、把司提反埋葬了、为他捶胸大哭。
• It's his own lamentation, and the lamentation of the nation all together.
  这是他个人的哀歌，也是整个民族的哀歌。
• Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living.
  适度的悲伤是死者的权利，过度的哀恸是生者的敌人。
• An eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him if he would take her aloft and float her in the air.
  一只苍鹰，在附近盘旋，听到了乌龟的悲叹和需求，就问会有什么报酬如果把她带到高空教她滑翔。
• Monks in their cowls shall be forced into marriage, and their lamentation will be heard on the mountain peaks of the Alps.
  披着斗篷的修道士会被迫结婚，他们的悲叹会在阿尔卑斯山的山顶上听见。
• The little that she said was all in lamentation of this inevitable delay.
  她所说的寥寥数语，全是哀叹这迫不得已的耽延。
• Only sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are left by them behind.
  只有悲哀，悲叹，痛苦，不幸和绝对是它们背后留下的。