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词汇 lamentably
释义 lamentably
adverb
uk /ləˈmen.tə.bli//ˈlæm.ən.tə.bli/ us /ləˈmen.t̬ə.bli//ˈlæm.ən.t̬ə.bli/
in a way that deserves severe criticism or is very bad: 不幸地;可悲地 | 拙劣地
The government, says the report, have carried out lamentably few of their promises.报告显示,政府很少履行他们的承诺,令人遗憾。
The questions can sometimes be lamentably ill-informed.这些问题有时可能问得毫无道理。
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lamentable
The Government has lamentably failed to address this vital issue.
The postal service in this area is lamentably inefficient.
Some suicides are a lamentably common side-effect of our mental health phobia.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable

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lamentably
The new introduction at times slides into the lamentably frequent moral imperialism of history, interpreting the past through modern morals.
Despite the new exam, standards of translation continued to be lamentably poor.
If so, both parties lamentably misjudged the man.
Furthermore, units of study are lamentably short in many institutions.
He failed lamentably to do so earlier this afternoon.
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The delivery systems of drugs are lamentably inadequate in many of the countries where the problem is most serious.
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I am afraid it is lamentably evident that not all the nations have a will to peace at present.
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Up to now it has lamentably failed to deal with the main aspect of it.
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The modifications are illogical and fail lamentably to meet local or national needs.
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We have seen them in power for 2½ years, and they have failed lamentably to carry out a tithe of what they promised.
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Is there not a lamentably small number of men employed?
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There is a broader picture which, lamentably, in my experience, is not often seen by experts.
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The figures on which preference has been given seem to me to be lamentably inadequate.
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Lamentably, this has been a long and inevitably controversial operation.
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The direct result of that and other factors was that the summit failed lamentably.
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