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 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。
• Things were now come to a lamentable height.
  情形到了十分可哀的地步。
• 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。
• The school's handling of the situation had been, she said," lamentable ".
  她说，学校对这个情况的处理“很糟”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。