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词汇 bemoaned
释义 bemoaned
past simple and past participle ofbemoan
bemoan
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /bɪˈməʊn/ us /bɪˈmoʊn/
to complain or express sadness about something: 抱怨;悲叹
Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds.大学里的研究人员总是抱怨资金不足。
Synonyms
bewailliterary
deploreformal
lament
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Complaining
be/go on at someoneidiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
carping
clamour
grizzle
make noisesidiom
mutter
nag
pardon
peep
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone
unreported
vituperation
whiner

Examples of bemoaned


bemoaned

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


And, tellingly, some writers who bemoaned the booming sale of chromos blamed women, not manufacturers, for their popularity.
It appears that the authors bemoaned the arrogance and insensitivity of the relief workers.
Coady bemoaned that this art is ' ' as yet, outside of our art world.
Opponents of medical charities bemoaned the negative effect of free care on the independence, dignity, and self-sufficiency of the poor.
Recently in a college magazine a writer bemoaned the ever-presence of cellphones.
Though some contemporaries bemoaned the feminization of public schooling, there should be little doubt that it was not women who defined this institutional structure.
Although the reduction of respect for persons to a signed consent form is often bemoaned, it can hardly be denied.
He bemoaned their rejection of cheap but nutritious northern dishes such as ' hasty pudding ' (milk porridge).
They found that wives bemoaned a decrease in personal freedom and an increase in togetherness.
While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, others despaired of their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to become thrifty yeomen farmers, even squatters.
The authors challenge earlier narratives that saw the break between sociology and social reform as essential for sociology to achieve scientific status, whether such narratives celebrated or bemoaned this development.
Whilst most discussions bemoaned the dwindling powers and resources available to local government, some liberating implications were apparent.
He almost bemoaned the passing of the self-employed business man and put it down to the arrival of the multi-national company.
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They bemoaned the fact that it was almost impossible for them to go out together and choose something for their future home.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Others, of course, sat down and bemoaned their lot, but we cannot help it.
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Hansard archive

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