| 词汇 | example_english_lament |
| 释义 | Examples of lamentThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Pastoral laments the gap between representation and its imagined subject, and in a sense its subject is this gap. As the courtiers' lyric laments are realized in action, as their desires are reflected in another, they are simultaneously negated. The underlying message of these various laments is that the ruler has little autonomy and even less power. The poet lamented the administration's lack of sartorial wisdom. She lamented that she had not had much leisure time when she was younger. Thus, though one laments the omissions in this regard, they are perhaps understandable, relative to the purposes the authors had in mind. They lamented lack of time for research and fieldwork. Scenes like these consolidated a conventional association between laments and the feminine voice. They lamented the demise of baroque bel canto and of the castrato's voice. The first priority of the government was not the well-being of its subjects, he laments. Another manager in a bottling company lamented that poor wages caused workers to resign at a rate of 40 per cent annually. One textbook laments that writers do not follow advice against the passive because they do not understand the concept of voice. If chiefs told many stories, colonial officials alternated between portraying custom as fixed and timeless and lamenting its vagaries and elusiveness. Many critics of the argument have lamented the sort of hyper-rationalism of the project. The shrine, he laments, has been hollowed out, transformed into ' ' the movie set visitors [expect] to see ' ' (191). The shrine, he laments, has been hollowed out, transformed into ' 'the movie set visitors [expect] to see ' ' (191). Another lamented the fact that architects tend to 'treat us with too much respect... are very deferential to our suggestions and don't actually challenge us'. The question is whether all of this is to be regretted, nay lamented. Even now, she lamented, some did not think that ' authentic workers ' deserved more than muddy roads and poor public services. He laments the fact that they have been accepted in the area of electroacoustic and computer music. Although the nightingale and dove sing automatically, the poet invites us to join him in hearing them as intentional laments. On the other hand, plenty of commentators also lamented many customers' seemingly tireless attempts to defraud and rob shopkeepers. A few women argued that they had accepted their socially devalued status even as they lamented the equation of beauty with youthfulness. He lamented that even this fortress was no longer safe from the epidemic. Residents often lamented that their feet were infected by the wastewater, causing them to become itchy, swollen, and even rotten. A subtle tone of disappointment is present in the laments of the collapse of these alleged alternatives to the nation-state. One lady lamented that she would not attend the opera because she had nobody interesting to go with. The sufferings of others the poet thus narrated with the same intensity as he lamented the afflictions of his heart. He laments that the attempts to go back to old customs result in a ' further tragedy ' (p. 20) - syncretism. While he lamented the loss of the virtues of nomadic and tribal human organization, he recognized cities as the inevitable development of human organization. The men in the sample who still lamented their loss of status and authority in the outside world appeared exceptional. Though she is not one to complain, she laments no longer being able to play golf or go for walks without oxygen. The loss of aura that mechanical reproduction can effect is for him something to be celebrated, not lamented or compensated for. He details the development of the solo song genre into the modern practice of song recital, but laments its demise as an amateur pastime. He was lamenting and wandering around in a distressed and stunned state. He laments that ' very little was heard about ' the famine, though it ' should have been a major news story ' (p. 81). There he laments his fate in an aria. Each essay discusses numerous interesting directors; and each laments the lack of playwrights. He lamented the total transformation of history from a mythopoeic to a scientific narration of reality, and sought to reverse this course. Many participants lamented the lack of appreciation of their generative efforts, even in areas about which they were supposedly experts. He also lamented the poor showing of diplomatic history in the series. Every parent has lamented his or her youngster's not saying (or doing) something with a stranger that the same child says (or does) naturally when with the parent. He explicitly intended this pioneering effect and offered his work as a solution to the dead end that many of his compatriots had lamented in the study of analysis. He laments the failure of the new model to deliver on promises for growth and speaks to the problems created by weak economic institutions, international vulnerability, and devastating poverty. The poet laments that he cannot speak over the body of the departed, with an instability of tone that makes more for haunting than for consolation. When the caretaker was allied with a particular village faction, those of the other faction refused to listen, district officials lamented; every effort was made to choose a 'nonparty' man. Unlike many edited volumes, this compilation is homogenous in its high quality of research and its intelligent integration through countless cross-references (although the lack of an index should be lamented). The deficiencies of communist and post-communist school textbooks are lamented and hopes expressed that much new material will come to light once the archives are opened. While some contemporaries lamented girls' flight from rural labour and domestic service, others were more alarmed by their increased earnings and their gradual acquisition of leisure time. Finally, he laments the fact that, by concentrating on too small or specific populations, many studies still fail to achieve the exter nal validity so desirable in the field. The report laments how most workers were earning less per hour in 1992 than they did in 1980 - about 4.4 percent on average after adjusting for inflation. The series of disconsolate women thus recedes symmetrically into a distant past; we know, progressively less about them, and their laments grow ever fainter and more fragmentary. She further laments, along with her therapist (line 4), that as long as her problems remain as signifieds without signs, she cannot realize the honesty needed for recovery. While agricultural work was defined as male (despite the fact that, as contemporaries lamented, in areas of high male out-migration it was in women's hands), industry was defined as female. Risager laments that studies of intertextuality have ignored the linguistic aspect of interactions, focusing solely on the discursive dimension of how discourses arise and form varied textual links. Perhaps some of it was done rather too late, but there is no sense in lamenting that now. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot limit ourselves to lamenting the victims. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Only recently we have been lamenting what is called the "brain drain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He lamented the fact that we had not had more detailed debates on the subject at an earlier stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I quite agree that the making of these pledges compared with the performance has been laments able. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His lamented death was felt, and is felt, not only as a national but as an international loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Families come in different shapes and sizes; and whether one believes that is to be celebrated or lamented, it is reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1979, we lamented the fact that the number of apprentices had fallen to 150,000 young people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He came back and lamented the fact that no agreement was reached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have laments from different quarters about the effect of the war situation on child life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I question whether any great material purpose is served by lamenting that this change should come upon us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind it is rather like lamenting the passing of the chaperon and the arrival of the permissive age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he does, no doubt he will get the diary, the absence of which he has recently lamented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wife or wives would be left lamenting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He laments the narrow focus on moneys to the exclusion or detriment of considering who should be responsible for what. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chief executive informed me what would go wrong with the late lamented poll tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, going to law, alas, is expensive, as many people have discovered and lamented—although usually they have not been lawyers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I supported the late lamented, or unlamented, community charge legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has referred to us as his lamented friends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whereas those residents were exempt from the late lamented poll tax, they will have to pay the council tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that the passing of the agent is to be lamented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She must be the only distinguished philosopher who is married to another distinguished philosopher, very much lamented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have bitterly lamented some decisions that we have taken and cheered others to the rafters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were all very fond of him and greatly lamented his death. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We, his late lamented friends as he called us shall always think of them with a great sense of satisfaction and encouragement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody who knew anything about my lamented friend would for a moment doubt his courage and resource. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have all lamented the decline in the number of post offices, which has happened over many years; this is not a party issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is lamenting something which is the result of a policy that he himself helped to develop. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The text, without any trace of shame, laments the reduction in military orders after the end of the cold war. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I cannot therefore endorse statements lamenting that there 'must' still be unanimity when decisions are taken in certain fields. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In another context, instead of lamenting that fragmentation, we would praise it as evidence of strong competition for the market, giving people choice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also laments what he describes as "corruption" in the administration system and says that the financial situation is near catastrophic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Opposition speakers have lamented that builders have proclaimed that housing prices must go up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have also had over 100,000 casualties, and have lamented every one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He still exists in a state of sin which is to be lamented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke a great deal about an intermediate certificate, the disappearance of which he laments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose it must have, but one laments and deplores the necessity for doing that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was merely lamenting the appalling waste involved in the commitment that was entered into on that fateful day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not require a great central organisation such as there was with the lamented groundnuts scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us hope that in another year's time we are not lamenting the same failure to recognise how vital these issues are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only conclude by lamenting the necessity of it all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country we are constantly expressing our disappointment with industrial performance and lamenting the lack of innovation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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