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

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。
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
在摩押的各房顶上和街市上处处有人哀哭。因我打碎摩押，好像打碎无人喜悦的器皿。
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。
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
耶路撒冷阿，要剪发抛弃，在净光的高处举哀。因为耶和华丢掉离弃了惹他忿怒的世代。
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。
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。
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。
But the little stream would not be comforted, and still kept telling its unintelligible secret of some very mournful mystery that had happened-or making a prophetic lamentation about something that was yet to happen-within the verge of the dismal forest.
但那小溪并没有因此而得到安慰，仍然不停地唠叨着在这阴森的树林中已经发生的一些十分哀伤的故事或是预言某些将要发生的事情的伤心之处诉说着其中莫测的隐秘。
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。