lament

verb

1. 对…感到悲痛；痛惜；对…表示失望
   to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth
   1. In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.
      在那首诗里他对乡村遭到的破坏流露出悲哀。

noun

1. 挽歌；哀诗；悼词
   a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended

1. VERB 为…悲痛；哀叹；痛惜
   If you lament something, 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。
2. N-COUNT 悲痛之情；哀叹；痛惜
   Someone's lament is 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。
3. N-COUNT 悼词；挽歌
   A lament is 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。

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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Elizabeth warmed to her theme as the letter continued with her favourite lament.
   随着这封信接下来进入到伊丽莎白最喜欢抱怨的内容，她开始奔向主题。
7. We lament ( over) his death.
   我们哀悼他的逝世。
8. We lament for the martyrs before their tombs.
   我们在烈士灵前哀吊。
9. For himself, he grew desperate: his sorrow was of that kind that will not lament.
   至于他自己，变得绝望了，他的悲哀是属于哭不出来的那种。
10. Given our podium, many of us feel a responsibility to lament our own power.
    考虑到我们占据了指挥台，我们中很多人对悲叹我们自己拥有的权力感到义不容辞。
11. I have lived a fantastic life. The only thing I lament is not having realized it earlier.
    我的生活是如此美妙。我惟一悲伤的是没有更早地意识到这一点。
12. Doing nothing but lament and weep for the loss of his dearest wife.
    除了为失去最亲爱的妻子而悲伤和哭泣之外，无所事事。
13. Wherefore I must ever lament.
    我因此必须永恒地哀悼。
14. I believe in life at dusk, the lament, and lonely, will not be you.
    相信在生命的黄昏里，哀叹和寂寞的，将不会是你。
15. This is the first and most important national lament day in my memory.
    这是在我记忆当中第一个，也是最重大的一个全国哀悼日。
16. To lament breaking up with your girlfriend.
    因和女朋友分手而悲伤。
17. He composed a lament to the dead soldier.
    他为阵亡的士兵写了首挽歌。
18. Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
    今天，我可以悲叹一切，我的父母没有给我当我的成长过程中，或我能感觉到感谢他们让我将出生。
19. Let all lament with me.
    让所有人与我一起悲伤。
20. There is none to listen to your lament.
    没有人听见你的悲伤。
21. Many to this day lament this rash change, particularly poets of the old school.
    许多人，特别是旧派诗人，至今仍在悲叹这一急剧的变革。
22. It has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it.
    事情既然已经发生了，我实在无法装出那种悲哀的样子。
23. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.
    他使外郭和城墙都悲哀，一同衰败。
24. She lament her son's death all night.
    她整夜为儿子之死而悲伤。
25. I choke with sobs ah full of sorrow, lament that they are like to crash.
    我泣不成声啊满心悲伤，哀叹自己是这样生不逢辰。
26. Fear and resentment of what is new is really a lament for the memories of our childhood.
    面对新事物产生的恐惧与怨恨对于童年的回忆确实是一首哀歌。
27. While you lament the past, other men take position in rome's future.
    你还在哀悼过去，其他的人已经控制了罗马的未来。
28. But I don't want any of this lover's lament crap.
    但是我不要任何情人悲伤的废话。
29. To complain, lament, or grieve.
    报怨，哀悼，或使痛心。
30. I want to be dead; when I am, I lament.
    我想这样死去；当我死去的时候，又不仅叹息。

noun

1. a mournful poem

   Synonym:    elegy

2. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

   Synonym:    dirgecoronachrequiemthrenody

3. a cry of sorrow and grief
   1. their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward

   Synonym:    lamentationplaintwail

verb

1. regret strongly
   1. I deplore this hostile action
   2. we lamented the loss of benefits

   Synonym:    deplorebewailbemoan

2. express grief verbally
   1. we lamented the death of the child

   Synonym:    keen