litany
英 ['l?t(?)n?]
美['l?t?ni]
- n. 冗長(zhǎng)而枯燥的陳述；連禱
低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?litanies;
中文詞源
litany 連禱文
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)litania,來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)lite,祈禱，懇求。引申詞義連禱文。
英文詞源
- litany (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French letanie and directly from Medieval Latin letania, Late Latin litania (source also of Spanish letania, Italian litania), from Greek litaneia "litany, an entreating," from lite "prayer, supplication, entreaty," of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of petitions in Christian prayer services came generalized sense of "repeated series," early 19c., borrowed from French.
For those who know the Greek words, a litany is a series of prayers, a liturgy is a canon of public service; the latter in practice includes prayer, but does not say so. [Fowler]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. a litany of complaints
- 喋喋不休的抱怨
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.
- 她站在門(mén)口，聽(tīng)他喋喋不休地抱怨她的客戶(hù)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Dr. Middleton bowed to the litany.
- 彌得爾頓博士對(duì)這種連禱俯首貼耳.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. The mournful litany of disease is caused by sewage.
- 這一連串不愉快的事情都是由生活污水所致.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. We heard the whole litany of their complaints.
- 我們聽(tīng)取了他們?nèi)康娜唛L(zhǎng)抱怨.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)