lamentation是什么意思？

lamentation

英[ˌlæmənˈteɪʃn] 美[ˌlæmənˈteʃən]

• n. 悲叹，哀悼；

复数：lamentations;

例句

• There was lamentation throughout the land at the news of the defeat. 败北的消息传来,举国哀叹.
• Much lamentation followed the death of the old king. 老国王晏驾,人们悲恸不已.
• This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation. 这一要素并不引起,或者说通常不产生故作悲伤的叹息.
• It was a time for mourning and lamentation. 这是一个沉痛悼念的时刻。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  悲恸；哀悼
  A lamentation is an expression of great sorrow.
  例句
  It was a time for mourning and lamentation. 这是一个沉痛悼念的时刻。 ...special prayers and lamentations. 特别祷告和哀悼

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a cry of sorrow and grief;
  "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
  2. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief