bewail
/bih-weyl/US // bɪˈweɪl //UK // (bɪˈweɪl) //
哀叹,哀告,哀叹一声,哀悼
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to express deep sorrow for; lament: a little child bewailing the loss of her dog.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to express grief.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
I recount this not to bewail my fate, or to dwell in the past.
To bewail the loss of a person we love is a happiness compared with the necessity of living with one we hate.
Do you remember how those poor girls used to bewail the restrictions to their reading?
It is better to drop a tear over the inconsistency of human nature, and to bewail those infirmities which cannot be justified.
Three days afterwards he sailed from the port of the Holy Cross, leaving crowds of the natives to bewail the loss of their chiefs.
And now that God has granted my prayer, I bewail His way of doing it.
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