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lamentation (uncountable)
The crowd was filled with lamentation.
人群充满了悲叹。
哀悼；悲叹；恸哭
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哀悼；悲叹；恸哭
The act of lamenting; a sorrowful cry; mourning.
The crowd was filled with lamentation.
人群充满了悲叹。
哀叹的行为。
The act of lamenting.
悲伤的呼喊；哀叹。
A sorrowful cry; a lament.
特指哀悼。
Specifically, mourning.
哀歌；特指礼拜仪式中《约伯记》的经文章节及其配乐,通常用复数；引申为任何挽歌。
lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
The widow's lamentation could be heard throughout the village.
寡妇的哀悼声传遍了整个村庄。
The ancient poems are filled with lamentations for lost youth.
这些古诗中充满了对逝去青春的悲叹。
His lamentation over the broken vase seemed excessive.
他对打碎花瓶的悲叹似乎有些过分。
The crowd was filled with lamentation.
人群充满了悲叹。
over 强调直接针对某事或某物。
There were loud lamentations over the loss.
对损失有大声的哀悼。
for 更强调为了某人或某物。
Her lamentation for the deceased moved everyone.
她对逝者的哀悼感动了所有人。
Not this
He lamentation the loss.
Use this
He lamented the loss.
lamentation是名词，不能直接用作动词。表示‘哀悼’应用动词lament。
Not this
He let out loud lamentation.
Use this
He let out a loud lamentation.
lamentation作为可数名词单数时，前面需要加冠词a或the。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
哭泣哀号
There was weeping and lamentation throughout the city.
整个城市充满了哭泣和哀号。
悲恸的哭喊声
The women raised cries of lamentation at the funeral.
妇女们在葬礼上发出悲恸的哭喊声。
巨大的哀恸
The death of the king caused great lamentation among the people.
国王的去世在民众中引起了巨大的哀恸。
为…作的挽歌；哀歌
He composed a lamentation for the victims of the war.
他为战争受害者创作了一首挽歌。
《耶利米哀歌》（《圣经》卷名）
The Book of Lamentations contains five poems.
《耶利米哀歌》包含五首诗。
在拉玛听见了哀恸、哭泣和极大的悲伤——拉结为她的儿女哭泣，不肯受安慰，因为他们都不在了。
The whole town fell into lamentation when they heard the news of the king's death.
听到国王去世的消息，全镇陷入哀悼之中。
Use lamentation naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：lament（悲叹）加上名词后缀 -ation，记住“悲叹的动作”就是 lamentation（哀悼、哀叹）。
语域：formal 常见场景：literature、poetry、religious mourning lamentation 是比较正式的书面词，多用于文学、诗歌或正式悼念场合，表示哀悼、悲叹或恸哭；日常口语中比较少见。
这些词都以 -ation 结尾，读作 /eɪʃən/，与 lamentation 末尾音节 /ˈteɪʃən/ 押韵。注意 ration /ˈræʃən/、national /ˈnæʃənəl/ 等词虽形似，但元音不同，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.