litany
noun /ˈlɪtəni/
  /ˈlɪtəni/
(plural litanies)
- a series of prayers to God for use in church services, spoken by a priest, etc., with set responses by the people连祷文,总祷文(连祷启应的祷文) 
- litany (of something) (formal) a long boring account of a series of events, reasons, etc.(对一系列事件、原因等)枯燥冗长的陈述 - a litany of complaints喋喋不休的抱怨 
 
- a litany of complaints
词源Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.