lamented
嘆いた
解説 Definition
lamented は lament（嘆く、悲しむ）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、亡くなった人や失われたものについて「惜しまれた」「悼まれた」という意味でも使われます。ここでは悲しみや嘆きを表す文脈で使います。
Lamented is the past tense and past participle of lament, meaning that someone expressed deep sadness or regret about a loss or unfortunate event. As an adjective, it can describe a deceased or lost person or thing that is mourned and greatly missed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 lament「嘆く」に -ed を付けた規則変化で、語尾は /ɪd/ と発音します。lamented the loss、lamented the closing、lamented a missed chance のように、失われた物事を目的語に取ります。形容詞では the late, lamented ... のように「亡くなって惜しまれる」の意にもなります。
Connect lamented with the base verb lament, “to express deep sorrow or regret.” It is a regular form made by adding -ed, pronounced /ɪd/ because lament ends in /t/. Learn patterns such as lamented the loss, lamented the closing, and lamented a missed opportunity. These combinations usually concern something gone or no longer possible. As an adjective, lamented often appears in references to someone who has died and is still mourned. Compared with regretted, lamented suggests a more openly sorrowful or serious response.
例文
She lamented the loss of her old photographs.
彼女は昔の写真を失ったことを嘆きました。
The villagers lamented the closing of the school.
村人たちは学校の閉鎖を嘆きました。
He quietly lamented his missed chance.
彼は逃した機会を静かに嘆きました。
lamented の類義語・関連語
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対義語
lamented の語源・成り立ち Etymology
lamented は lament「嘆く・悼む」に過去分詞語尾 -ed が付いた語で、もとはラテン語 lamentari「泣き悲しむ」にさかのぼります。強い悲嘆を表す語なので「惜しまれる」の意味にもなり、関連語に lament、lamentation があります。
Lamented is formed from lament plus the regular past-tense and past-participle ending -ed. Lament entered English through Old French and goes back to Latin lamentari, “to wail, mourn, or express grief,” related to lamentum, “a lamentation.” The participial form first describes the act of having expressed sorrow and can also describe a person or thing that others mourn after death or loss.
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