mourn

Word family

mourn /mɔːn $ mɔːrn/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] → morn

1 SAD/UNHAPPYto feel very sad and to miss someone after they have died 悼念，哀悼，为…哀痛 SYN grieve for

Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.

成百上千人聚集在一起悼念遇刺的总统。

mourn for

They mourned for their children, killed in the war.

他们悼念在战争中死去的孩子。

mourn somebody’s death/loss/passing

She still mourns the death of her husband.

她仍然为丈夫的死而哀伤。

2 SAD/UNHAPPYto feel very sad because something no longer exists or is no longer as good as it used to be 对…感到痛心[遗憾]

The old steam trains were much loved, and we all mourn their passing.

老式的蒸汽火车曾经备受喜爱，我们都为它们的淘汰感到惋惜。

Examples from the Corpus

mourn• Depression is something we allow to happen if we choose not to mourn.• His death was mourned by hundreds of former pupils and countless friends.• How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.• My mother never stopped mourning for my sister Frances, who died when she was four.• Then Priam brought Hector home, mourned in Troy as never another.• She drew me close and comforted me as I mourned my child and the bond between us had never been stronger.• All the neighbours and relations who had come to mourn stood around the coffin.• Residents mourned the loss of the trees.• In this house the Walls raised nine children, and mourned the loss of three other babies.• Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.

mourn for• Church services were held to mourn for the victims of the fire.

Origin mourn

Old English murnan

mourn verb

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