| 单词 | lamentable |
| 释义 | lamentable adjective formaluk/ləˈmen.tə.bəl//ˈlæm.ən.tə.bəl/us/ləˈmen.t̬ə.bəl//ˈlæm.ən.t̬ə.bəl/deservingseverecriticism; verybad: 应该受到批评的，应遭谴责的；糟糕的the lamentablestateof theeconomy糟糕的经济状况 Synonyms deplorableformal pitiful sad sorry Serious and unpleasant
lamentable| American Dictionarylamentable adjective fmlus/ləˈmen·tə·bəl,ˈlæm·ən·tə-/regrettable: a lamentablefailureofnerve Examplesoflamentablelamentable And for every family in which they do, there are five others that dismiss its ideals as grotesque orlamentable. From theCambridge English Corpus There are many reasons for thislamentablesituation and the authors commendably guide the reader through the somewhat confusing maze of national fertilizer policies. From theCambridge English Corpus Morelamentablewas that few people dared to speak the truth, because doing so would inevitably result in being denounced. From theCambridge English Corpus This situation is all the morelamentablegiven the demographic changes which are happening in concert with social, political and economic transformations. From theCambridge English Corpus The level of anthropological insight is similarlylamentable. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, it is a valuable record and analysis of thelamentablefailure of what should have been a model international regulatory instrument. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it would belamentableif the leading accounts of electoral competition could not provide more definite guidance. From theCambridge English Corpus The loss of "between constituent accountability" islamentableand should not be forgotten, even if the threat of coercion makes the private ballot necessary. From theCambridge English Corpus Lamentableshortcomings become apparent here, which in some cases certainly lead to personal disappointments and require unprejudiced clarification by historical science. From theCambridge English Corpus Thelamentablefact was, he boldly asserted, that the nation's libraries and secondhand book shops contained ever burgeoning 'restricted' sections. From theCambridge English Corpus The lack of an index islamentable, but perhaps not unexpected in a project of this nature. From theCambridge English Corpus This appears to be alamentablestate of legal affairs. From theCambridge English Corpus That fellow's playing islamentable. From theCambridge English Corpus As pointed out in the introductory chapter, there has been alamentableneglect of extended family relationships by sociologists during the last third of the 20th century. From theCambridge English Corpus Bodkin supported the proposed legislation precisely to put a stop to this 'lamentable' situation. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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