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

• 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。
• The report soon spread among the beasts, and there was great lamentation for the sick lion.
  这消息很快在兽群之间传开了，大家都为病狮哀伤不已。
• What have I to do with lamentation?
  我有什么可悲叹的呢？
• 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。
• Yet hear the word of the lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
  妇女们哪，你们当听耶和华的话，领受他口中的言语；又当教导你们的儿女举哀，各人教导邻舍唱哀歌。
• This is grief with a focus, lamentation with a purpose.
  这是有焦点的悲痛，这是有目的的哀恸。
• In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
  在拉玛听见号啕大哭的声音，是拉结哭他儿女，不肯受安慰，因为他们都不在了。
• A wall in jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the temple of solomon.
  位于耶路撒冷的一座墙；对于犹太人来说那是一个哀悼和祈祷的圣地；它的石头被人们认为是从所罗门庙里取来的。
• It was a time for mourning and lamentation.
  这是一个沉痛悼念的时刻。