lamentable

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a. 可悲的, 哀伤的, 可怜的

发音

US /ləˈmɛn.tə.bəl/

词形变化

more lamentable 比较级 most lamentable 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

可悲的;可怜的;哀伤的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

    可悲

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English lamentable, from Middle French lamentable, from Latin lāmentābilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from lāmentor (“lament”), from lāmenta (“wailing, weeping”). By surface analysis, lament + -able.

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