英语词汇“jeremiad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

jeremiad

/ˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪad

noun

A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes: the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay...

I am saddened to add my jeremiad to the list of protestations at your coverage.
Indeed, there is not only irony but danger in offering such a public jeremiad against jeremiads.
Graff assembles other quotations in the same vein, and goes on to add, wryly, ‘The funny thing, of course, is that those jeremiads were right.’

Origin

Late 18th century: from French jérémiade, from Jérémie 'Jeremiah', from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias, with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament.

单词	jeremiad
释义	jeremiad /ˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪad / noun A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes: the jeremiads of puritan preachers warning of moral decay... I am saddened to add my jeremiad to the list of protestations at your coverage. Indeed, there is not only irony but danger in offering such a public jeremiad against jeremiads. Graff assembles other quotations in the same vein, and goes on to add, wryly, ‘The funny thing, of course, is that those jeremiads were right.’ Origin Late 18th century: from French jérémiade, from Jérémie 'Jeremiah', from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias, with reference to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. Rhymes hamadryad, semi-retired, underwired, undesired, unexpired, uninspired
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