jeremiad
发音
英 [ˌdʒerɪˈmaɪæd]
美 [ˌdʒɛrəˈmaɪəd]
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- n.
- 长篇的伤心故事，哀史
单词词源
jeremiad 哀诉
来自圣经中犹太教先知Jeremiah,其主要事迹见旧约圣经《耶利米哀歌》，记载了犹太人在耶路撒冷和圣殿被毁后的所经受的苦楚。引申词义哀诉，哀歌。
双语例句
- 1. Throughout literary history , many people have written works which have added to the tradition of the american jeremiad .
- 在整个文学史上，很多人的作品都为传统美国悲叹文学添砖加瓦。
- 2. In a superb new jeremiad , the journalist fred harrison argues that this cycle with a duration of 18 years was predictable and , by him at least , predicted . * * In essence , he notes , buyers rent property from bankers , in return for a gamble on the upside .
- 记者弗雷德哈里森（fredharrison）的新书是一部出色的哀叹史，他在书中指出，这个历时18年的周期是可以预测的，而且也有人预测到（至少他自己就猜中了）**。
- 3. The bestselling book in germany is thilo sarrazin 's " germany does away with itself " , a jeremiad about the " fact " that less able women ( particularly muslims ) are having more children than their brighter sisters .
- 德国最近一本叫做《德国废了自己》的畅销书，书中通过一个杯具的故事表明了这样一个事实：工作能力下降的妇女（尤其是穆斯林妇女）却比她们聪明的姐妹们要了更多的孩子。