litany

• n. 冗长而枯燥的陈述；连祷

来自拉丁语litania,来自希腊语lite,祈祷，恳求。引申词义连祷文。

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]

来自《权威词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Dr. Middleton bowed to the litany.

弥得尔顿博士对这种连祷俯首贴耳.

来自辞典例句

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.

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5. We heard the whole litany of their complaints.

我们听取了他们全部的冗长抱怨.

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