litany

英 [ˈlɪtəni]

美 [ˈlɪtəni]

n.  连祷文，总祷文(连祷启应的祷文); (对一系列事件、原因等)枯燥冗长的陈述

复数：litanies　

Collins.1 / BNC.18609 / COCA.12158

牛津词典

noun

• 连祷文，总祷文（连祷启应的祷文）
  a series of prayers to God for use in church services, spoken by a priest, etc., with set responses by the people
• （对一系列事件、原因等）枯燥冗长的陈述
  a long boring account of a series of events, reasons, etc.
  1. a litany of complaints
     喋喋不休的抱怨

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陈词滥调；枯燥冗长的陈述
  If you describe what someone says as alitany ofthings, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere.
  1. 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。
• 连祷；应答祈祷；启应祈祷
  Alitanyis part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words.

英英释义

noun

• any long and tedious address or recital
  1. the patient recited a litany of complaints
  2. a litany of failures

双语例句

• When I asked her why she went public, she poured forth a litany of grievances: about the village women who shunned her, about decades of hardships and near-starvation, and about her loneliness now.
  当我问她为什么愿意站在公众面前时，她滔滔不绝地倾诉起自己所受的委屈：村里的女人都避着她，几十年的艰难困苦，食不果腹，还有现在的孤独。
• In other meetings I have attended this month with us board directors, I have heard a litany of similar concerns.
  在近日与美国公司董事共同参加的其他会议上，我也听到了很多类似的担忧。
• Amid this shameful litany, however, there is a tiny point of light.
  然而，在这可耻的一长串问题中，有一个小小的闪光点。
• And what struck me most forcefully from this analysis aside from the usual, horrific litany of bank woes was just how much trouble is quietly brewing in corners of the commodities world.
  除了通常那一大堆令人毛骨悚然的银行问题以外，这个分析最使我震惊的地方就是，大宗商品市场正在悄悄酝酿着多大的麻烦。
• 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。
• In most countries that would count as a litany of failure.
  在大多数国家的这种局面将被视作中诅咒般的失败。
• America how can I write a holy litany in your silly
  美国，在你这傻瓜情调中我怎能写一曲神圣祷歌
• She will then reel off a litany of bills and responsibilities.
  她会滔滔不绝地反复诉说她的账单和责任。
• I could list for you a tragicomic litany of all the things I was once mistakenly completely certain about, and I'm sure you can do the same.
  我可以为你列举出曾经我错误地完全可以肯定的事物的一系列悲喜剧，我认为你也一定能。
• The opposition party recited a litany of national failings: a collapsing health system, a failing educational system, homelessness, crime and unemployment.
  反对党列出了一长串全国性失误：崩溃的保健体系、失败的教育制度、无家可归，犯罪、失业等。