| 单词 | lamentation |
| 释义 | lamentation (once / 2244 pages) n Lamentation usually occurs when someone dies or a tragedy occurs. At the funeral, you could hardly hear the speaker above the wails of lamentation. From the Latin lamenta, meaning “weeping” or “wailing,” lamentation means more than just shedding a few tears. Lamentation is when grief pours out. If you lose a nice pencil that's no cause for lamentation, but if you lose all your money in a stock market crash, that might be. If someone tells you you'll be late to your own funeral, you can always say: “At least I'll get to enjoy the lamentation!” WORD FAMILYlament: lamentable, lamentation, lamented, lamenter, lamenting, laments+/lamentable: lamentablest, lamentably/lamented: lamentedly, unlamented/lamenting: lamentingly USAGE EXAMPLESThroughout all this, the focus is very much on Garfield, and on his open young face, so easily stirred to tears or lamentation. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) But Christenberry rejected the idea that his work was a lamentation or an elegy. The New Yorker(Dec 06, 2016) To have her also do “Lamentation” — the idea of interpretation through the same magnificent dancer really appealed to me. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) 1n the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief Syn|Hyper mourning activity any specific behavior expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexionexpression without words 2n a cry of sorrow and grief Syn|Hyper lament, plaint, wail complaint (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow |
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