jeremiad
英 [,dʒerɪ'maɪæd]
美[,dʒɛrɪ'maɪæd]
- n. 悲叹；伤心的故事
英英释义
- 1. a long and mournful complaint;
- "a jeremiad against any form of government"
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- jeremiad (n.)
- 1780, from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.