(formal or literary) to cry, usually because you are sad (通常因悲伤)哭泣,流泪
She started to weep uncontrollably.
她不由自主地哭了起来。

I could have wept thinking about what I’d missed.
想到所失去的东西,我真想痛哭一场。

~ for/with sth
He wept for joy.
他高兴得流泪了。

~ at/over sth
I do not weep over his death.
他死了我也不哭。

~ sth
She wept bitter tears of disappointment.
她失望得痛哭流涕。

~ to do sth
I wept to see him looking so sick.
看到他病成那个样子我怆然泪下。

  • speech
    ’I’m so unhappy!’ she wept.
    “我好难过啊!” 她哭着说道。