单词	deplore
释义	deplorede‧plore /dɪˈplɔː $ -ˈplɔːr/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeplore Origin: 1500-1600 French déplorer, from Latin plorare ‘to cry out’ Verb Table VERB TABLE deplore Simple Form Present I, you, we, they deplore he, she, it deplores Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they deplored Present perfect I, you, we, they have deplored he, she, it has deplored Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had deplored Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will deplore Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have deplored Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "The Times" deplored the film's violence. The United Nations has issued a statement deploring the continued fighting. We deplore the use of violence against innocent people. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Anyway, in the 1970s, there had been strong unions, and everything I deplored had happened in any event. But I welcomed the interruption, to the precise degree that Selina deplored it. But the statistics that she deplored showed what did happen. In New Historicism this awkwardness should not be deplored but seen as proof of the integrity of its methods. Second home owners often provide the easiest of targets for those who deplore the creeping urbanization of the countryside. Significantly, this was in a review mostly concerned to deplore Eliot's influence on poetic style. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto say that you disapprove of something or someone► voice/express/show etc your disapproval to say, write, or show publicly that you disapprove of someone or something: · The president expressed his disapproval of protest groups that break the law.· Thousands of people have voiced their disapproval of the government.· Nurses plan to show their disapproval by organizing a series of one-day strikes.· How can dissatisfied taxpayers register disapproval of government policies? ► condemn to clearly and publicly say that you strongly disapprove of someone or something: · Politicians and religious leaders have universally condemned this act of terrorism.· Lawyers were quick to condemn the new legislation.condemn something as something: · The destruction of rainforests has been condemned as a disaster for the environment.condemn somebody for doing something: · Local authorities have been condemned for failing to tackle the problem of homelessness. ► denounce to say publicly that you strongly disapprove of something or someone and think that they are morally bad: · The Republicans denounced the waste of public money involved in the new program.· Community leaders were quick to denounce the police for reacting too violently to the disturbances.denounce somebody/something as something: · Darwin's theories about evolution were denounced by many people. ► deplore formal to say that you strongly disapprove of a particular kind of behaviour or something that has happened, because it is morally wrong: · We deplore the use of violence against innocent people.· The United Nations has issued a statement deploring the continued fighting. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► fact · Lagan Valley party deplores the fact that local Tories have been left out of the new regional Conservative structure. to disapprove of something very strongly and criticize it severely, especially publicly:  The UN deplored the invasion as a ‘violation of international law’.
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