英英释义:to express annoyance or disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair
“lament”可以作名词也可以作动词,作动词的意思有“为......感到悲痛”和“抱怨”.
可以用它来替换我们熟悉的 complain。
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1. Many Chinese travelers lament that public transportation is inconvenient in many foreign cities.
2. Many Chinese parents lament about the growing/increasing costs of raising children.
3. Some public intellectuals lament the lack/absence of public interest in some crucial issues.
4. In the face of continued unequal treatment for foreign firms, the impatience of American businesses is at “boiling point”, he laments.
5. “Our parties aren’t representing us,” laments one of its volunteers. “They’re representing themselves.”
6. Initially his book risks becoming a didactic screed about the dangers of modern technology, as the author laments the way cars, trains, buses and gawking at a smartphone speed life up, leaving little to be savoured.
practice
共享单车的用户总在不断抱怨自行车有各种各样的问题。
The users of bike-sharing always lament about various problems with bicycles.
参考翻译:Bike-sharing users always lament about the various problems the bikes have.
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