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bemoan

verb

🔊/bɪˈməʊn/

🔊/bɪˈməʊn/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bemoan	🔊/bɪˈməʊn/ 🔊/bɪˈməʊn/
he / she / it bemoans	🔊/bɪˈməʊnz/ 🔊/bɪˈməʊnz/
past simple bemoaned	🔊/bɪˈməʊnd/ 🔊/bɪˈməʊnd/
past participle bemoaned	🔊/bɪˈməʊnd/ 🔊/bɪˈməʊnd/
-ing form bemoaning	🔊/bɪˈməʊnɪŋ/ 🔊/bɪˈməʊnɪŋ/

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bemoan something to complain or say that you are not happy about something哀怨；悲叹
- They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance.他们坐在那里，埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Bemoan is used with these nouns as the object:
fate
luck
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Word OriginOld English bemǣnan ‘complain, lament’. The change in the second syllable (16th cent.) was due to association with moan, to which it is related.