jeremiad

英 [ˌdʒerɪˈmaɪæd] 美 [ˌdʒerɪˈmaɪæd]

n.  哀诉; 诉求清单

复数:jeremiads

COCA.34523



牛津词典

noun

  1. 哀诉;诉求清单
    a very long sad complaint or list of complaints

    双语例句

    1. Two critics who call the book a "Jeremiad" ultimately gave it a positive review.
      两位曾称该书为“血泪史”的批评家最后还是予其积极评论。
    2. It was an unbroken chain of steadily growing outward and inward difficulties, a genuine "Jeremiad".
      这是一个完整的链条不断增加,离港及抵港的困难,真正的。
    3. While she departs from the jeremiad tradition in describing professors as simply doing their jobs as best as they can, she fails to tell us what those jobs really are& or why they are worth doing.
      虽然她和对大学感到悲观,不过在尽工作职责的教授有些不同,但她没有能告诉我们那些工作到底是什么或为什么值得去做这些工作。
    4. It is not, as some have argued, a jeremiad; it is Bloom's Apology.
      这本书不是象某些人所说的那样充满悲叹,而是布鲁姆的辩词。
    5. Twentieth Century's Jeremiad of Female Soul& Flesh On Female Figures in Mo Yan's Writings
      20世纪女性之灵与肉的血泪史&论莫言笔下的女性形象

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a long and mournful complaint
      1. a jeremiad against any form of government