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- a passionate expression of grief or sorrow悲痛; 伤心; 悲悼：
his mother's night-long laments for his father
他母亲对他父亲的整夜悲悼
mass noun a song full of lament and sorrow.一首充满哀伤的歌。
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- a song, piece of music, or poem expressing such emotions挽歌, 哀乐, 哀诗：
the piper played a lament.
吹笛者演奏了一曲哀歌。
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- an expression of regret or disappointment; a complaint遗憾, 抱怨：
there were constant laments about the conditions of employment.
经常有人抱怨就业状况。
with obj.
1- mourn (a person's loss or death)哀悼：
he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.
他在哀悼他幼女的夭折。
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- no obj.
lament for/over
express one's grief passionately about痛惜; 悼念： the women wept and lamented over him.
女人们流着泪表达对他的悼念。
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- reporting verb express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair惋惜, 表示失望：
with obj. she lamented the lack of shops in the town她哀叹城中缺少商店
with direct speech 'We could have won, ' lamented the England captain.“我们原本能赢的,"英格兰队队长失望地说。
派生词
lamentation
nounlamenter
noun词源
late Middle English (as a verb)： from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) 'weeping， wailing'.