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单词 bewailing
释义
bewailing
present participle ofbewail
bewail
verb[T]
literary
uk
/bɪˈweɪl/us
/bɪˈweɪl/
toexpressgreatsadnessordisappointmentabout something:
He bewailed hismisfortuneand thelossof his mosttreasuredpossessions.
Synonyms
bemoanformal
deploreformal
lament
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • brouhaha
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • make noisesidiom
  • mutter
  • nark
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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(Definition ofbewailingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbewailing

bewailing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Medical officers of health all over the country arebewailingthe fact that their curative treatment is absolutely futile.
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But it is no good justbewailingthe emergence of protectionist measures.
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I do not think there is any usebewailingthe past.
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My noble friend wasbewailingthe fact that economics seem to be the main preoccupation.
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I am pleased to have taken part in negotiations which have resulted in the preservation of the 1934 basis instead ofbewailingits loss.
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I recalled, as he was speaking, the anecdote of a man who wasbewailingthe passing of the great men of the past.
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But it is no usebewailingthe passing of a golden age that will never return.
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I think it is no usebewailingthat divorce.
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There is good administration within many of the small factories, and these firms are working hard and not merelybewailingtheir lot.
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Once that has happened, however, we must not spend our timebewailingthe fact that it has happened.
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All thebewailingand use of words like "terrifying", "shocking"and"appalling" will not save a single life unless we transform our thoughts into something practical.
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Aino wanders to the storehouse and dresses in the finest clothes and jewels, she wanders through the countrysidebewailingher lot, singing as she walks.
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Upon her departure, the whole population wasbewailing.
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The colonies plunged into mourning with editorials, poems and sermonsbewailingthe loss of the young hero.
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There was first anger and distress in crying andbewailing...
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