lamentable

英 [ləˈmentəbl]

美 [ləˈmentəbl]

adj.  十分令人失望的; 令人遗憾的; 使人惋惜的

GRE

BNC.19782 / COCA.25908

牛津词典

adj.

• 十分令人失望的；令人遗憾的；使人惋惜的
  very disappointing
  1. She shows a lamentable lack of understanding.
     她显得缺乏理解能力，实在令人遗憾。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人扼腕的；令人嘘唏的；使人惋惜的
  If you describe something aslamentable, you mean that it is very unfortunate or disappointing.
  1. This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947...
     这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。
  2. His command of English was lamentable.
     他的英语水平糟得很。

英英释义

adj

• bad
  1. my finances were in a deplorable state
  2. a lamentable decision
  3. her clothes were in sad shape
  4. a sorry state of affairs
  Synonym:deplorabledistressingpitifulsadsorry

双语例句

• The school's handling of the situation had been, she said," lamentable ".
  她说，学校对这个情况的处理“很糟”。
• This is lamentable and worrisome.
  可悲的、令人忧虑的。
• Tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds-Shakespeare.
  告诉你们我的令人惋惜的故事，使听众悲痛欲绝-莎士比亚。
• This dressing her up so prettily by her mother hid apparently been to lamentable purpose.
  她的母亲把她打扮得那样漂亮，显然是害了她了。
• Some would say it's a lamentable loss of human connection.
  有人会说这是人类情感联系的可悲损失。
• Redwood described the decision to cut benefits as lamentable.
  雷德伍德把削减津贴这一决定形容为“令人痛心”。
• Lamentable, the human is living, for the face and the self-respect, needs to consider that frequently others'feeling puts itself!
  可叹，人活着，为了面子和自尊，经常需要考虑别人的感受而委屈自己！
• There, where that lamentable disaster had uttered its death-rattle, all was silence now.
  在那场伤心惨目的灾难暴发的地方，现在连一点声息也没有了。
• Even for the most recent destructive earthquakes in the world there has been a lamentable lack of measured ground acceleration data.
  即使不久前世界上发生的大地震，也十分遗憾地没有测到地面加速度数据。
• His command of English was lamentable.
  他的英语水平糟得很。