| 词汇 | litany |
| 释义 | litany noun[ C ] uk /ˈlɪt.ən.i/ us /ˈlɪt.ən.i/ a long Christian prayer in which the person leading the service speaks some parts and the other people at the service speak other parts连祷文，总祷文 a litany of something a long list of unpleasant things, especially things that are repeated: 一连串（反复发生的不愉快的事情） The manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers.据报道制造商已经收到了顾客一连串不满意的投诉。 Religious ceremonies & prayers alleluia amen anoint anointed anointment communion confirm confirmation consecrate consecration liturgical liturgically liturgy thanksgiving the Lord's Prayer the Lord's Supper unchristened unction unprogrammed vespers litany | American Dictionarylitany noun[ C ] us/ˈlɪt·ən·i/ a long list spoken or given to someone, esp. to someone who has heard or seen it before or finds it boring: She had to hear once again his litany of complaints over how badly he was treated. Examples of litanylitany Let us waste no time in sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry. The bishop chants litanies and says five more orations. Such litanies readily create impressive-looking documents of what is in the music, but only rarely provide any meaningful insight into why. Here we have fasting, alms-giving, prayers, and a special three-day programme of litanies, with priests walking barefoot to church - all in support of a military emergency. Furthermore, the litanies of" respectable fears" and" moral panics" are only one of the discourses about" law and order" found in popular, political, or academic discussion over the last century. The very categories that appear in the litany of difference are problematic. Empedocles presents a litany of the illusions that plague society, including the simile of the injured child. The idea is to hear a litany of names being remembered and honored and sent onward as volunteers flow steadily to and from the fireplaces. One year missing from this litany of successful street protest is 1981. The land tenure regime is also blamed for a litany of other ills. The painting reminds us that life is a litany of losses. With his 'neither-nor' litany, he seems to set himself apart from his colleagues, implying that their struggles are not his. Witnesses testified to the owner's litany of malpractices and liability for the numerous deaths from inhalation of toxic smoke. The constant litany of theorists appears like a fundamentalist creed invoked by a repentant apostate rather than a description of the author's analytical toolbox. The disadvantages, of course, we are well familiar with, and the usual litany of complaints about machineirreproducible complexities of sound applies. See all examples of litany 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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