mid-15c., back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter "to moan, bewail" (14c.) and directly from Latin lamentari, from lamentum (see lamentation). Related: Lamented; lamenting.
lament (n.)
1590s, from Middle French lament and directly from Latin lamentum (see lamentation).
例文
1. The children lament the death of their mother.
子供たちは母親の死を悼んだ。
2.He composed a lament to the dead soldier.
彼は戦死した兵士のために挽歌を書いた。
3. We lament ( over ) his death.
私たちは彼の逝去を哀悼する。
4.Elizabeth warmed to her theme as the letter continued with her favourite lament .
この手紙がエリザベスの大好きな文句の内容に入るにつれて、彼女はテーマに向かって走り始めた。/
5.She spoke of the professional woman 's lament that a woman 's judgment is questioned more than a man 's.