litany

• n. 冗長而枯燥的陳述；連禱

來自拉丁語litania,來自希臘語lite,祈禱，懇求。引申詞義連禱文。

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]

1. a litany of complaints

喋喋不休的抱怨

來自《權威詞典》

2. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.

她站在門口，聽他喋喋不休地抱怨她的客戶。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Dr. Middleton bowed to the litany.

彌得爾頓博士對這種連禱俯首貼耳.

來自辭典例句

4. The mournful litany of disease is caused by sewage.

這一連串不愉快的事情都是由生活汙水所致.

來自互聯網

5. We heard the whole litany of their complaints.

我們聽取了他們全部的冗長抱怨.

來自互聯網