
英:/'ləˈmentɪd/ 美:/'ləˈmentɪd/
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v. 哀悼(lament 的过去式和过去分词)
adj. 令人悼念的;哀悼的
Child, I cannot see anything, lamented the old woman.
“孩子,我什么也看不见。”奶奶哀叹道。
Now I'll never be able to go up to the pasture, lamented Clara.
“现在我再也不能去牧场了。”克拉拉悲叹道。
He lamented how Indian captains were made idols and then thrown in the gutter by the public; the habit took off with him.
他为印度队长如何成为偶像,然后被公众“扔进排水沟”而悲伤;这个习性拖累了他。
A review of this book in The Times lamented that Mr. Davis had given us no especial assurance that any of the traditional accidents can save us once more.
《泰晤士报》的一篇书评惋惜道:“戴维斯先生并没有向我们保证,任何传统的事故都能再次拯救我们。”
She lamented to us about her wretched lot.
她向我们哀叹自己悲惨的遭遇。
lament over
哀悼;为……而悲痛
adj.|unfortunate/regrettable;令人遗憾的;被哀悼的
"lamented" 是动词 "lament" 的过去式和过去分词形式,主要含义为"对某人或某事的丧失表达深切悲痛或遗憾"。该词源自拉丁语 lamentari(哀悼),最早可追溯至16世纪英语文学中的使用[牛津词典, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/]。
在具体用法中,"lamented" 既可作为及物动词,如"She lamented the loss of traditional customs"(她为传统习俗的消失感到痛心),也可作为形容词修饰被哀悼的对象,如"the late lamented poet"(已故的令人怀念的诗人)[剑桥词典, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/]。其语义强度高于普通词汇"regret",更接近"mourn",常包含对不可逆转损失的深沉情感。
该词在文学作品中频繁出现,例如莎士比亚在《哈姆雷特》第三幕第二场中写道:"He would drown the stage with tears, / And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, / Make mad the guilty and appal the free...",此处虽未直接使用"lamented",但生动展现了悲恸情感的表达方式[大英百科全书, https://www.britannica.com/]。
在语言学层面,"lamented" 的构词法体现了英语动词的规则变化特征,其发音为/ləˈmentɪd/,重音在第二音节。现代使用中常出现在悼词、文学评论及社会议题讨论中,如环保领域会提及"lamented disappearance of species"(令人痛心的物种消失)[Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/]。
"Lamented" 是动词lament 的过去式和过去分词形式,主要含义为「哀悼;痛惜;悲叹」。以下是详细解析:
"Lamented" 既可用于表达真实的哀伤,也可在特定语境中隐含复杂情感,需根据上下文精准理解其含义。
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