But the lamentation of vanity can be false modesty .
不过空虚的哀叹可以适度避免。
Lamentation is an activity we would prefer to avoid .
而抱怨是一种我们尽力避免的事。
Hardly a day passes without public lamentation about the paucity of leadership in the western democracies .
西方民主国家的公众几乎每天都在哀叹国家领导力的缺失。
" Alas , child , it is not only that I cannot see - I can see , nothing , nothing , " said the grandmother in a voice of lamentation .
“哎，孩子，我不是只看不到那个-我看不见任何东西，任何东西，”老奶奶说，语气中透露着悲伤。
The young man had often heard him sing the poem of lamentation that he made , but could only remember that it was " very mournful , " and that he called her " beauty of all beauties . "
