词汇 | bemoaning |
释义 | bemoaning present 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 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 bemoaningbemoaning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The author was consulted by a married woman with late-stage cancer who was bemoaning the fact that her husband 'cannot boil an egg'. To claim that only situational effects are real while bemoaning participants' dispositional lack of insight into this important truth is incoherent. While bemoaning putatively evaporating state authority, these texts often fail to reassert the values of the broad social and political left. There were no legions of painters bemoaning the lack of tools to realise their visions or calling for engineers to assist them in doing so. Despite bemoaning these deficiencies, political parties continued to favour partisan loyalty over competence in judicial appointments. For a country in which historians spend a good deal of time bemoaning the lack of source material, this volume shows what is available given patient searching. We are always bemoaning our climate, as though we never get sunshine and beautiful sunny days in the summer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point in bemoaning the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point in bemoaning lost opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I read an interesting account this week of one chairman with £90,000 a year bemoaning his fate because of the heavy taxation he has to meet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish that industry would sometimes concentrate more on the new opportunities and less on bemoaning the loss of the old ones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shipowners are bemoaning the fact that having got their vessels to the southern hemisphere they cannot bring them back even at a loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These figures must be borne in mind if we are to put a stop to this unfortunate trend, instead of just bemoaning the situation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is no use quibbling about whether the central rate is right, or bemoaning the fact that interest rates are too high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They went straight from saying that there was nothing in the speech to bemoaning the fact that it contained too much. 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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