lamenting

英 [ləˈmentɪŋ]

美 [ləˈmentɪŋ]

v.  对…感到悲痛; 痛惜; 对…表示失望
lament的现在分词

现在分词：lamenting　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 为…悲痛；哀叹；痛惜
  If youlamentsomething, you express your sadness, regret, or disappointment about it.
  1. Ken began to lament the death of his only son...
     肯开始对独子的死悲痛不已。
  2. He laments that people in Villa El Salvador are suspicious of the police...
     他哀叹埃尔萨尔瓦多镇的居民居然不信任警方。
  3. 'Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas,' he lamented.
     “圣诞节以来物价降了4成，”他悲叹道。
• N-COUNT 悲痛之情；哀叹；痛惜
  Someone'slamentis an expression of their sadness, regret, or disappointment about something.
  1. She spoke of the professional woman's lament that a woman's judgment is questioned more than a man's.
     她谈到职业女性的悲哀：与男性相比，她们的判断力更易遭人质疑。
• N-COUNT 悼词；挽歌
  Alamentis a poem, song, or piece of music which expresses sorrow that someone has died.
  1. A singer on the country music station was singing a lament for the late, great Buddy Holly.
     乡村音乐电台中，一位歌手正演唱歌曲哀悼已故的伟大音乐人巴迪·霍利。

双语例句

• The footsteps came nearer, grew quiet and turned to low whispers like ghosts lamenting.
  那声音渐听渐近，没有了；换上的是低沉的戚戚声，如鬼低诉。
• Of course, lamenting the lack of anything worth watching has long been a national pastime.
  当然，长期以来，抱怨没什么值得看的节目已经成了一种全国性的消遣。
• We should not waste our time and tears lamenting it.
  与其浪费时间和眼泪去哀悼，不如集中精力重整河山。
• She also recalled him saying his mother was a concubine and lamenting that his brothers were from different mothers.
  她还回忆到，拉登说过他的母亲是一个小妾，并为他的兄弟出自不同的母亲而叹息。
• She could feel her soul crying out in her, lamenting desolately.
  她感到自己的灵魂在内心呼唤，悲伤哀切。
• Katydids were lamenting fall's approach.
  蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。
• John is lamenting over his girlfriend's misfortunes.
  约翰为他女友的不幸而感到悲伤。
• Some are already lamenting how quickly spring has turned to winter.
  有些人已在哀叹春去冬来是如此之快。
• And rather than lamenting that the flow state has ended enjoy your period of recovery.
  不要因为心流状态的结束而感到惋惜，要享受复原的过程。
• Despite some prominent observers in the U.S. and U.K. lamenting the decline of these great countries and offering pessimistic views about the future, younger Chinese still correlate good English language ability with career success.
  尽管美英两国的一些主流观察家都在哀叹美英地位的衰落，对未来充满了悲观情绪，但中国的年轻一代依然认为出众的英语能力是关乎事业成功的重要因素。这种看法非常明智和务实。