lamentably是什么意思？

lamentably

英['læməntəblɪ] 美['læməntəblɪ]

• adv. 哀伤地，拙劣地；

形容词：lamentable;

例句

• They have failed lamentably. 他们的失败让人惋惜。
• Poor Tom lamentably disgraced himself at Sir Charles Mirable's table, by premature inebriation. 可怜的汤姆在查尔斯·米拉贝尔爵士的宴会上,终于入席不久就酩酊大醉, 弄得出丑露乖,丢尽了脸皮.
• We deplore this lamentably ill-advised decision. 我们强烈反对这个拙劣的、欠考虑的决定。
• They were failing lamentably to help their sons grow from boyhood to manhood. 他们抱憾未能帮助儿子们顺利地长大成人。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人扼腕的；令人嘘唏的；使人惋惜的
  If you describe something as lamentable, you mean that it is very unfortunate or disappointing.
  例句
  This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947... 这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。 His command of English was lamentable. 他的英语水平糟得很。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in an unfortunate or deplorable manner;
  "he was sadly neglected""it was woefully inadequate"