bemoaning
present participle ofbemoan
| 单词 | bemoaning |
| 释义 | bemoaning present participle ofbemoan bemoan verb[T] formaluk/bɪˈməʊn/us/bɪˈmoʊn/tocomplainorexpresssadnessabout something: Researchers atuniversitiesare always bemoaningtheirlackoffunds. Synonyms bewailliterary deploreformal lament Complaining
Examplesofbemoaningbemoaning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The author was consulted by a married woman with late-stage cancer who wasbemoaningthe fact that her husband 'cannot boil an egg'. From theCambridge English Corpus To claim that only situational effects are real whilebemoaningparticipants' dispositional lack of insight into this important truth is incoherent. From theCambridge English Corpus Whilebemoaningputatively evaporating state authority, these texts often fail to reassert the values of the broad social and political left. From theCambridge English Corpus There were no legions of paintersbemoaningthe lack of tools to realise their visions or calling for engineers to assist them in doing so. From theCambridge English Corpus Despitebemoaningthese deficiencies, political parties continued to favour partisan loyalty over competence in judicial appointments. From theCambridge English Corpus For a country in which historians spend a good deal of timebemoaningthe lack of source material, this volume shows what is available given patient searching. From theCambridge English Corpus We are alwaysbemoaningour climate, as though we never get sunshine and beautiful sunny days in the summer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point inbemoaningthe law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point inbemoaninglost opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I read an interesting account this week of one chairman with £90,000 a yearbemoaninghis fate because of the heavy taxation he has to meet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish that industry would sometimes concentrate more on the new opportunities and less onbemoaningthe loss of the old ones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Shipowners arebemoaningthe fact that having got their vessels to the southern hemisphere they cannot bring them back even at a loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These figures must be borne in mind if we are to put a stop to this unfortunate trend, instead of justbemoaningthe situation. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It is no use quibbling about whether the central rate is right, orbemoaningthe fact that interest rates are too high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They went straight from saying that there was nothing in the speech tobemoaningthe fact that it contained too much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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