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To lament something is to express strong sadness or regret about it, often in a formal or serious way — you might lament the loss of a friend, or lament that things have changed for the worse. As a noun, a lament is a song, poem, or piece of writing that expresses deep sadness or grief.
（動詞）哀嘆、感嘆惋惜；（名詞）輓歌、哀歌
組成From a Latin word meaning to weep or wail; it does not split further in English.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lamentnoun/ləˈmɛnt/
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An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
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A song expressing grief.
lamentverb/ləˈmɛnt/
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To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
- And they are dangerous because when worn they make their wearer look ridiculous and contemptible to those not enthralled by the same fashion; and when their moment has passed they take up precious closet space, taunting you and making you lament of money that should have been spent on something more longevous.
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To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
- Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。