lamentable
英 [ləˈmentəbl]
美 [ləˈmentəbl]
adj. 十分令人失望的; 令人遗憾的; 使人惋惜的
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- She shows a lamentable lack of understanding.
她显得缺乏理解能力,实在令人遗憾。
- She shows a lamentable lack of understanding.
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.- This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947...
这一令人遗憾的事态一直持续至1947年。 - His command of English was lamentable.
他的英语水平糟得很。
- This lamentable state of affairs lasted until 1947...
英英释义
adj
- bad
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
双语例句
- His command of English was lamentable.
他的英语水平糟得很。 - 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”。 - That would be a lamentable fate for the "Great Sea", invoked in a Jewish prayer which gives this book its title.
这样的命运,对于地中海这一“伟大之海”这个称谓来源于一则犹太祷文,同时也是本书书名的来源来说,将是令人扼腕的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But he is lamentable.
但是,纣王却也是可悲的。 - A recent report says college students 'physical fitness is lamentable.
最新一项报告显示,大学生身体素质令人担忧。 - It is even more lamentable that reforms remain piecemeal.
但更加可悲的是改革依然只是零敲碎打。 - 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。