deplore

• vt. 谴责；悲悼；哀叹；对…深感遗憾

de-, 向下，强调。-plor, 呼喊，呼叫，词源同explore, implore.比较declaim, denounce.

deplore

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自《权威词典》

3. We deplore the accident.

我们对这一事故深感遗憾.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I deplore what has happened.

我为所发生的事深感愤慨。

来自辞典例句