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单词 litany
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litany
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɪt.ən.i/us
/ˈlɪt.ən.i/
alongChristianprayerin which thepersonleadingtheservicespeakssomepartsand the otherpeopleat theservicespeakotherparts
连祷文，总祷文
a litany ofsomething
alonglistofunpleasantthings,especiallythings that arerepeated:
一连串（反复发生的不愉快的事情）
Themanufacturersarereportedto havereceiveda litany ofcomplaintsfromdissatisfiedcustomers.据报道制造商已经收到了顾客一连串不满意的投诉。
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(Definition oflitanyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

litany| American Dictionary

litany
noun[C]
us
/ˈlɪt·ən·i/
alonglistspokenor given to someone,esp. to someone who hasheardorseenit before orfindsitboring:
She had tohearonceagain his litany ofcomplaintsover howbadlyhe wastreated.
(Definition oflitanyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflitany

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Let us waste no time in sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry.
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The bishop chants litanies and says five more orations.
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Such litanies readily create impressive-looking documents of what is in the music, but only rarely provide any meaningful insight into why.
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Here we have fasting, alms-giving, prayers, and a special three-day programme of litanies, with priests walking barefoot to church - all in support of a military emergency.
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Furthermore, the litanies of" respectable fears" and" moral panics" are only one of the discourses about" law and order" found in popular, political, or academic discussion over the last century.
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The very categories that appear in thelitanyof difference are problematic.
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Empedocles presents alitanyof the illusions that plague society, including the simile of the injured child.
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The idea is to hear alitanyof names being remembered and honored and sent onward as volunteers flow steadily to and from the fireplaces.
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One year missing from thislitanyof successful street protest is 1981.
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The land tenure regime is also blamed for alitanyof other ills.
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The painting reminds us that life is alitanyof losses.
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With his 'neither-nor'litany, he seems to set himself apart from his colleagues, implying that their struggles are not his.
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Witnesses testified to the owner'slitanyof malpractices and liability for the numerous deaths from inhalation of toxic smoke.
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The constantlitanyof theorists appears like a fundamentalist creed invoked by a repentant apostate rather than a description of the author's analytical toolbox.
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The disadvantages, of course, we are well familiar with, and the usuallitanyof complaints about machineirreproducible complexities of sound applies.
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