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单词 bewail
释义
bewail
verb[T]
literary
uk
/bɪˈweɪl/us
/bɪˈweɪl/
toexpressgreatsadnessordisappointmentabout something:
为…而悲伤；哀叹
He bewailed hismisfortuneand thelossof his mosttreasuredpossessions.他为自己遭受的不幸和失去大部分珍贵的财产而悲伤不已。
Synonyms
bemoanformal
deploreformal
lament
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • complainingly
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • moaning minnie
  • mutter
  • nark
  • protestation
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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(Definition ofbewailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbewail

bewail
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not tobewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Most retrospective accounts of second-century writersbewailtheir ignorance of fourth-century problems.
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Gelman bewails the lack of re-appraisal that should have occurred.
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We have had no time to discuss that devilish detail, and much do webewailthe fact.
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Medical officers of health all over the country are bewailing the fact that their curative treatment is absolutely futile.
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Now they come along andbewailtheir fate.
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We maybewailthe lost opportunities of the past, the chances of reform which we never took.
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We allbewailregularly in other debates the decline in community and the lack of awareness of citizenship.
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But it is no good just bewailing the emergence of protectionist measures.
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No one here or outside has sought to defend it on the occasion of its passing or tobewailits demise.
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I do not think there is any use bewailing the past.
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Unlike our predecessors, we have not been content tobewailthe absurdity of the existing system.
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The third is to suggest to the public at large that it is not enough merely tobewailthe staggering total of public expenditure.
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If, unfortunately, that cannot be done, we may wellbewailthat fact, but, nevertheless, let us welcome the fact that something can be done.
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One often hears peoplebewailthe loss of our once-great ports and of our former maritime strength.
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