transcription, транскрипция: [ kraɪɪŋ ]
1.
If you say that there is a crying need for something, you mean that there is a very great need for it.
There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR n
2.
You can say that something is a crying shame if you are annoyed and upset about it.
It’s a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , oft it v-link PHR that [ feelings ]
3.
see also cry