Word · Frequency #19782
lamentable
可悲的;令人惋惜的;糟糕的
lamentable
- 1.
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
引起悲伤、痛苦或遗憾的;可悲的
- 2.
bad; unfortunate
糟糕的;不幸的
引起悲伤、痛苦或遗憾的;可悲的;糟糕的;不幸的;可悲的;哀伤的;可怜的
In use
The team's lamentable performance in the final disappointed all their fans.
It is lamentable that the old library was closed last month.
The sudden closure of the school was lamentable.
a lamentable decision
it is lamentable that + clause
用于表达对某事实的遗憾或惋惜。
It is lamentable that so many people still live in poverty.
如此多的人仍然生活在贫困中,这令人惋惜。
a lamentable + noun
形容词修饰名词,强调可悲或令人惋惜的状态。
The team suffered a lamentable defeat in the final.
该队在决赛中遭受了一次可悲的失败。
Connections
Collocations
- lamentable state
- 可悲的状态
- The team's defensive play is in a lamentable state.球队的防守表现处于可悲的状态。
- lamentable lack
- 令人遗憾的缺乏
- There is a lamentable lack of funding for public libraries.公共图书馆的资金令人遗憾地缺乏。
- lamentable failure
- 可悲的失败
- The government's response to the crisis was a lamentable failure.政府对该危机的应对是一场可悲的失败。
- lamentable situation
- 令人痛惜的境况
- We were saddened by the lamentable situation of the refugees.我们对难民的令人痛惜的境况感到难过。
- lamentable incident
- 令人遗憾的事件
- The school apologized for the lamentable incident during the ceremony.学校为典礼上发生的令人遗憾的事件道歉。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
lament 是“悲叹”,able 是“能……的”;能让人悲叹的事就是 lamentable(可悲的)。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、literary prose、official statements lamentable 是比较正式的用词,通常出现在书面语、文学作品或正式演讲中,日常口语较少使用,表示“令人惋惜的、可悲的、糟糕的”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的同韵词:rentable、presentable、preventable 的重读元音及后面都是 /ɛntəbəl/,与 lamentable 押韵。注意 vegetable、comparable、miserable 也以 -able 结尾,但重音和元音不同,并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.