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 reason for this lamentable state of affairs is political intransigence or lack of focus.
  会出现这种令人遗憾的局面，原因是政治上拒绝让步或缺乏关注。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• When I had narrated his lamentable death I ceased.
  在我谈完他惨死的情况以后我就没有再往下说了。
• 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。
• 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。