单词:litanies
音标:[ˈlitəniz] ;
n. 连祷( litany的名词复数 ); 启应式祈祷; (英国国教公祷书中的)连祷文; 唠唠叨叨的抱怨
pl. of Litany
litany的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Dr. Middleton bowed to the litany.弥得尔顿博士对这种连祷俯首贴耳。
- He tried to offer an explanation,but I just started in on a litany of nasty barbs.他想解释,可我又说了一连串难听的话刺他。
- There is a litany of unanswered questions surrounding the incident.有许多对这个事件未予答覆的疑问。
- The television news was a daily litany of bombings and killings.电视新闻每天连续不断地报道爆炸和杀戮事件。
经典引文
Our crew..invoked Allah and a whole litany of what I supposed were saints.
出自:W. Golding'A generation gone,' went the litany of the time.
出自:H. BaileyThe reform of any socialist system is likely to involve a litany of words and phrases such as skills, market economy, mobility of labour.
出自:Sunday Times
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