When you deplore something, you disapprove of it very strongly and say so, often in public. Leaders deplore violence. A school may deplore cheating. Newspapers deplore a decision. It is a formal, public kind of verb — the language of statements, editorials, and speeches, not of a chat about a bad sandwich.

When you deplore something當你 deplore 某件事，you disapprove of it very strongly and say so代表你非常強烈地不贊同它，而且會說出來，often in public通常是公開地說。Leaders deplore violence領袖會 deplore 暴力。A school may deplore cheating學校可能會 deplore 作弊。Newspapers deplore a decision報紙會 deplore 一項決定。It is a formal, public kind of verb這是一個正式、公開場合用的動詞——the language of statements, editorials, and speeches是聲明、社論，和演講的語言，not of a chat about a bad sandwich不是在聊三明治不好吃那種場合用的。

Though actually, the older colour of the word is closer to mourning: to weep over, to lament. In modern news English that sadness is often thin, and deplore can sound like a stiff way to say “we condemn this”.

Though actually不過實際上，the older colour of the word is closer to mourning這個詞比較舊的味道其實更接近哀悼：to weep over, to lament為某件事哭泣、哀嘆。In modern news English在現代的新聞英文裡，that sadness is often thin那種悲傷通常很淡，and deplore can sound like a stiff way to say "we condemn this"deplore 聽起來反而比較像是一種生硬的方式在說「we condemn this」（我們譴責這件事）。

You typically deplore an action, a situation, or a fact (“I deplore what happened”), more than a person — though angry speakers do sometimes deplore people too.

You typically deplore an action, a situation, or a fact你通常是 deplore 一個行為、一個情況，或一件事實（"I deplore what happened")（「I deplore what happened」），more than a person比較少 deplore 一個人——though angry speakers do sometimes deplore people too不過生氣的人有時候也會 deplore 人。