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bewail

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·wail /bɪˈweɪl/ verb [transitive]  literarySAD/UNHAPPYEXPRESS to express deep sadness or disappointment about something 而悲伤[痛惜];哀悼→ See Verb table
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bewailI occasionally bewail getting entirely too much education and taking it far too seriously.There was nothing so boring, she thought, as some one who was continually bewailing her lot.Men propping up the bar over lunch will bewail the loss of earlier freedoms when they were footloose and fancy free.Republicans bewail what they say is a likelihood that Democrats will sit on nominations.
be·wail verbChineseSyllable
about disappointment something or deep sadness Corpus express to


bewail
bewail /bɪˈweɪl/ verb [transitive]
literary to express deep sadness or disappointment about something


be·wailBrE /bɪˈweɪl/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈweɪl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they bewail BrE /bɪˈweɪl/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈweɪl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it bewails BrE /bɪˈweɪlz/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈweɪlz/ 🔊past simple bewailed BrE /bɪˈweɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈweɪld/ 🔊past participle bewailed BrE /bɪˈweɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈweɪld/ 🔊 -ing form bewailing BrE /bɪˈweɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈweɪlɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal or humorous) to express great sadness about sth 悲悼;哀叹;为…感到悲恸