Word · Frequency #19782
lamentable
可悲的;令人惋惜的;糟糕的
核心释义
lamentable
- 1.
引起悲伤、痛苦或遗憾的;可悲的
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
- 2.
糟糕的;不幸的
bad; unfortunate
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
用法In use
The team's lamentable performance in the final disappointed all their fans.
用法提示:lamentable 是形容词,作定语修饰 performance,意为‘糟糕的、令人失望的’。
It is lamentable that the old library was closed last month.
用法提示:lamentable 在 It is lamentable that... 句型中作表语,表示‘令人遗憾的’。
The sudden closure of the school was lamentable.
用法提示:lamentable 作表语,说明主语令人遗憾的性质。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
lament 是“悲叹”,able 是“能……的”;能让人悲叹的事就是 lamentable(可悲的)。
语境与语域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”。
发音与拼写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.