Lament

(noun.) a cry of sorrow and grief; 'their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward'.

(verb.) express grief verbally; 'we lamented the death of the child'.

编辑:蒂姆

• You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And therefore he will be least likely to lament, and will bear with the greatest equanimity any misfortune of this sort which may befall him. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• For her I could not lament, so much I envied her enjoyment of the sad immunities of the grave. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• That was the burden of her lament; and her last adjuration to her daughter was to escape from dinginess if she could. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Yes, Watson, I went there, and I found very quickly that the late lamented Oldacre was a pretty considerable blackguard. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She was the mother of fifteen children, when she died lamented and respected by every one who knew her. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Much to be lamented, no doubt, particularly by myself, who am a child of nature if I could but show it; but so it is. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Likewise she overdid her respect, and all that, for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Then Ruth came, and they wept together, and lamented, then Naomi came to comfort them. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If my lamented friend had taken my advice, the business of the inquest would have been with the body of Mr. Hartright. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• From early youth he had considered his pedigree with complacency, and bitterly lamented his want of wealth. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• From such vague laments I turned to the contemplation of the minutiae of my situation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Yes, she laments it; yet owns it may have been best. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• We passed about a week together, during which time I was continually talking of poor Meyler and lamenting his precarious state of health. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Some were lamenting, and in restless motion; but, these were few. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Laurie smiled, but he liked the spirit with which she took up a new purpose when a long-cherished one died, and spent no time lamenting. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Epidemic diseases, I believed, were often heralded by a gasping, sobbing, tormented, long-lamenting east wind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You are a mere infant, but you'll go next, Jo, and we'll be left lamenting, said Laurie, shaking his head over the degeneracy of the times. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• And instead of having any shame or self-control, he will be always whining and lamenting on slight occasions. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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