英语词源
- alack
- late 15c., from ah, lack, from lack in Middle English sense of "loss, failure, reproach, shame." Originally an expression of dissatisfaction, later of regret or unpleasant surprise.
权威例句
- 1. Alas and alack , we had missed our bus.
- 唉，完了，我们没赶上公共汽车。
- 2. Long ago I had a heart, and sighed alas ! alack!
- 很久以前,我也曾有过心灵, 也会叹息!
- 3. But out alack , he was but one hour mine.
- 但是唉! 他只一刻是我的荣耀.