litany

英 ['lɪt(ə)nɪ] 美['lɪtəni]

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litany 连祷文

来自拉丁语litania,来自希腊语lite,祈祷，恳求。引申词义连祷文。

复数: litanies;

litany (n.): c. 1200, from Old French letanie and directly from Medieval Latin letania, Late Latin litania (source also of Spanish letania, Italian litania), from Greek litaneia "litany, an entreating," from lite "prayer, supplication, entreaty," of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of petitions in Christian prayer services came generalized sense of "repeated series," early 19c., borrowed from French.
For those who know the Greek words, a litany is a series of prayers, a liturgy is a canon of public service; the latter in practice includes prayer, but does not say so. [Fowler]

2. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.: 她站在门口，听他喋喋不休地抱怨她的客户。

4. The mournful litany of disease is caused by sewage.: 这一连串不愉快的事情都是由生活污水所致.

1. any long and tedious address or recital;: "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"

She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.: 她站在门口，听他喋喋不休地抱怨她的客户。

Certainly the most surprising aspect has been the litany of exposures that financial institutions have had.: 最出人意料的当然是金融机构面对的接连不断的风险.

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.

When my dad answered, I immediately launched into my litany of fruspations with college life.: 爸爸接起电话后, 我立刻开始历数我大学生活中的挫折.

Fianna : Don't forget that they know the Litany almost as well as we do. Almost.: Fianna:不要忘记他们对律法的了解几乎与我们接近. 几乎.

The result: a litany of complaints, insights and observations about patients and medicine.: 结果是: 一连串的关于病人和用药的抱怨、见解和看法.

All of these can an otherwise reputation a litany of faux pas in of your coworkers.: 所有这些都可能会毁掉你在其他方面辛苦建立的显赫名声,这些还有可能在你同事那里成为笑料.

She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.: 她站在门口，听他喋喋不休地抱怨她的客户。

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