lament
[lə'ment] verb intransitive or transitive
■to express sadness and feeling sorry about something 对…感到悲痛，对…表示失望，痛惜•The poem opens by lamenting (over) the death of a young man.这首诗的开篇表达了对一位青年之死的惋惜之情。 •My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today's society.和往常一样，我奶奶对当今社会世风日下深感痛惜。 •The late lamented (= dead and remembered with love) Frank Giotto used to live here.已故的受人爱戴的法兰克‧焦托曾在此居住。
[lə'ment] noun countable formal
■a song, poem or other piece of writing which expresses sadness about someone's death 挽歌；悼诗；悼文•The whole play can be interpreted as a lament for lost youth.整部剧可以看作是一首青春的挽歌。 |