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

• It is a lamentable spectacle to see the banks of the rivers set with infinite fruit-bearing trees.
  在种满无数果树的河流两岸，呈现出一片悲惨景象。
• 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”。
• Three years after this lamentable affair, Colonel burr was arrested.
  出了这起可悲事件三年之后，伯尔上校被捕了。
• It would be lamentable if a scheme like this could not be defeated.
  这将是可悲的，如果一项计划，像这样不能被打败。
• It is therefore lamentable also that a legitimate Bishop has been appointed President of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
  也因此，任命一位合法的主教来担任中国天主教爱国会主席，这实在应受谴责。
• This sounds already lamentable funny, but this is a fact.
  这听起来既可悲又可笑，但这是事实。
• It wore the lamentable aspect of all constructions of hatred, ruin.
  它具有仇恨所创造的一切建筑？？也就是废墟的那种令人痛心的形象。
• Given that this is a wretched literary genre in which almost every example is lamentable, to find the very worst is a tall order.
  鉴于这是一个令人厌恶的文学类别，几乎其中每个例子都令人不快，因此，要找到最糟糕的那个，可是一项艰巨的任务。
• Things were now come to a lamentable height.
  情形到了十分可哀的地步。
• 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！