复数： lamentations

But the lamentation of vanity can be false modesty .

不过空虚的哀叹可以适度避免。

Lamentation is an activity we would prefer to avoid .

而抱怨是一种我们尽力避免的事。

Hardly a day passes without public lamentation about the paucity of leadership in the western democracies .

西方民主国家的公众几乎每天都在哀叹国家领导力的缺失。

" Alas , child , it is not only that I cannot see - I can see , nothing , nothing , " said the grandmother in a voice of lamentation .

“哎，孩子，我不是只看不到那个-我看不见任何东西，任何东西，”老奶奶说，语气中透露着悲伤。

The young man had often heard him sing the poem of lamentation that he made , but could only remember that it was " very mournful , " and that he called her " beauty of all beauties . "

年轻人说，自己经常听到老诗人吟唱他的悼诗，但只记得诗“非常之悲伤”，以及他将她称为“万美之首”。