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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。
可悲的；令人惋惜的；糟糕的
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可悲的；令人惋惜的；糟糕的
lamentable
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。
引起悲伤、痛苦或遗憾的；可悲的
Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
糟糕的；不幸的
bad; unfortunate
The team's lamentable performance in the final disappointed all their fans.
球队在决赛中糟糕的表现让所有球迷都感到失望。
AI contextual example
It is lamentable that the old library was closed last month.
上个月老图书馆被关闭，实在令人惋惜。
AI contextual example
The sudden closure of the school was lamentable.
学校的突然关闭令人惋惜。
AI contextual example
a lamentable decision
一个令人遗憾的决定。
WordNet
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。
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。
用于表达认为某物令人惋惜。
Many critics find the quality of the film lamentable.
许多评论家认为这部影片的质量可悲。
Not this
It is a situation that I lamentable.
Use this
It is a situation that I lament.
lamentable 是形容词，不能用作动词；应使用动词 lament 表达惋惜之情。
Not this
The news is lamentible.
Use this
The news is lamentable.
lamentable 的拼写为 -able，而非 -ible；后缀 -able 表示“能够被……的”，而 -ible 是另一个常见后缀。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
最可悲的喜剧，以及皮拉摩斯和提斯柏最残酷的死亡。
The play-within-a-play in A Midsummer Night's Dream is billed as a 'lamentable comedy' about the deaths of Pyramus and Thisbe.
《仲夏夜之梦》中的戏中戏被宣传为一部关于皮拉摩斯和提斯柏之死的“令人悲伤的喜剧”。
啊，令人悲伤的日子！
The Nurse's cry 'O lamentable day!' rings through the scene where Juliet seems to have died.
朱丽叶似乎死去的那场戏中，回荡着奶妈的哭喊：“啊，令人悲伤的日子！”
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lament 是“悲叹”，able 是“能……的”；能让人悲叹的事就是 lamentable（可悲的）。
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”。
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.