单词 | mourn |
释义 | mourn (mɔːʳn ) Word forms: mourns , mourning , mourned 1. verb If you mourn someone who has died or mourn for them, you are very sad that they have died and show your sorrow in the way that you behave. Joan still mourns her father. [VERB noun] The whole nation had mourned the death of their great leader. [VERB noun] He mourned for his valiant men. [VERB + for] As the nation continued to mourn, the new President of South Africa paid his own tribute. [VERB] 2. verb If you mourn something or mourn for it, you regret that you no longer have it and show your regret in the way that you behave. We mourned the loss of our cities. [VERB noun] She mourned for the beloved past. [VERB + for] Synonyms: bemoan, rue [literary], deplore, bewail 3. See also mourning Collocations: mourn the passing of But before you mourn the passing of the impulse buy, sites such as these are also facilitating a certain amount of 'gotta have it'. Times, Sunday Times After all, who would mourn the passing of ear hair? Times, Sunday Times Do not mourn the passing of the water-cooler moment. Times, Sunday Times High on one of the last engineering platforms, 367ft above the waves, a gaggle of construction workers gathered yesterday to mourn the passing of a job well done. Times, Sunday Times We mourn the passing of this debonair national hero of our youth. Times, Sunday Times As the nation mourns, friends and colleagues gather at the bedside of the fast-fading star. Times, Sunday Times As the nation mourns, the economy begins to fall apart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am sure that the whole nation mourns the loss of a great public figure, to whom and to whose work we are all greatly indebted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 哀悼 Japanese: 哀悼する |
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