Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #11418
lament
悲叹；哀叹；惋惜
An expression of grief, sadness, or regret; a cry of sorrow.
- 1.
An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
悲伤、痛苦、难过或遗憾的表达。
- 2.
a cry of sorrow and grief
悲伤和痛苦的哭声
- 3.
A song expressing grief.
表达悲伤的歌曲。
- 4.
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
为纪念死者而创作或演唱的哀歌或赞美诗
- 5.
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
哀伤的诗歌；对死者的挽歌
挽歌；哀歌；悼诗；悲伤、痛苦、难过或遗憾的表达。；悲伤和痛苦的哭声；表达悲伤的歌曲。；为纪念死者而创作或演唱的哀歌或赞美诗
In use
The old man's lament for his lost youth echoed through the empty hall.
She composed a beautiful lament for the piano to honor her late grandmother.
Historians have documented the laments of refugees forced to leave their homeland.
their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
lament for/over sth
指表达悲伤的诗歌、歌曲或悼词。
He wrote a lament for his lost love.
他为他失去的爱写了一首挽歌。
a lament (about sth)
指表示惋惜或抱怨的言论。
Her speech was a lament about the decline of tradition.
她的演讲是对传统衰落的悲叹。
Connections
Collocations
- a lament for the dead
- 为死者所作的挽歌
- The musicians played a lament for the dead.乐手们为死者演奏了一首挽歌。
- a mournful lament
- 悲伤的哀歌
- She sang a mournful lament for her lost homeland.她唱了一首悲叹失去家园的哀歌。
- a funeral lament
- 葬礼哀歌
- A funeral lament echoed through the church.教堂里回荡着一首葬礼哀歌。
- a lament over
- 对……的悲叹
- His poem is a lament over the destruction of the old town.他的诗是对古镇被毁的悲叹。
- compose a lament
- 谱写哀歌
- The composer was asked to compose a lament for the victims.有人请这位作曲家为遇难者谱写一首哀歌。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象葬礼上有人‘拉门’(la men)痛哭，lament 就是哀歌、悲叹。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、诗歌、悼念仪式 lament 作名词时多用于正式或文学语境，比较常见于诗歌、悼词和严肃的书面叙述中，日常口语中较少单用。若表示日常的悲伤或抱怨，英语中更常用 grief、complaint 等词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All the words above share the final sound /ɛnt/ and rhyme with the stressed '-ment' in 'lament' (/ləˈmɛnt/). Beware of words spelled with '-ment' but pronounced /mənt/, such as 'moment' (/ˈmoʊmənt/), 'payment' (/ˈpeɪmənt/), and 'document' (/ˈdɒkjəmənt/). Also, 'comment' (/ˈkɒmɛnt/) has the same spelling ending but stress on the first syllable, so it does not rhyme either.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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