lament

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If you lament something, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it. 感到悲痛; 感到遺憾; 感到失望[FORMAL, WRITTEN]
Ken began to lament the death of his only son. 肯爲他獨生子的去世開始感到悲痛。
He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police. 他感到遺憾的是埃爾薩爾瓦多城的人們不信任警察。
2. N-COUNT Someone's lament is an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something. 哀歎[FORMAL, WRITTEN]
She spoke of the professional woman's lament that a woman's judgment is questioned more than a man's. 她談到職業(yè)女性的悲哀，即女性的判斷會比男性的遭到更多的置疑。
3. N-COUNT A lament is a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died. 悼詩; 悼歌; 哀樂
...Shelley's lament for the death of Keats. …雪萊爲濟慈之死寫的悼詩。