deplore
英 [dɪˈplɔːr]
美 [dɪˈplɔːr]
deplore 严厉谴责de-, 向下,强调。-plor, 呼喊,呼叫,词源同explore, implore.比较declaim, denounce.
- deplore
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deplore: see explore
- deplore (v.)
- 1550s, "to give up as hopeless," from French déplorer (13c.), from Latin deplorare "deplore, bewail, lament, give up for lost," from de- "entirely" (see de-) + plorare "weep, cry out," which is of unknown origin. Meaning "to regret deeply" is from 1560s. Related: Deplored; deploring.
- 1. We deplore this lamentably ill-advised decision.
- 我们强烈反对这个拙劣的、欠考虑的决定。
- 2. Like everyone else, I deplore and condemn this killing.
- 我同所有人一样强烈谴责这桩凶杀案。
- 3. We deplore the accident.
- 我们对这一事故深感遗憾.
- 4. We would very much deplore it if a popular programme were taken off as a result of political pressure.
- 如果一档受人喜爱的节目因为政治压力遭停播的话,我们将非常痛心。
- 5. I deplore what has happened.
- 我为所发生的事深感愤慨。