jeremiad

英 [,dʒerɪ'maɪæd] 美[,dʒɛrɪ'maɪæd]

jeremiad 哀诉

来自圣经中犹太教先知Jeremiah,其主要事迹见旧约圣经《耶利米哀歌》，记载了犹太人在耶路撒冷和圣殿被毁后的所经受的苦楚。引申词义哀诉，哀歌。

jeremiad (n.): 1780, from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.