| 单词 | litany |
| 释义 | litany (lɪtəni ) Word forms: litanies 1. countable noun If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. [disapproval] She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client. [+ of] Synonyms: recital, list, tale, catalogue 2. countable noun A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words. Collocations: recite a litany Every football journalist can wryly recite a litany of similar incidents. Times, Sunday Times In performing a ritual, an adherent must first recite a litany of repentance, then notify the deities of the merits gained though repentance by submitting a document to heaven. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the whippet curls up for a kip, a lone performer recites a litany of things we might notice moment by moment when we're outdoors and bother to look attentively. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 一连串反复的 Japanese: しつこい話 |
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