woeful

英 [ˈwəʊfl]

美 [ˈwoʊfl]

adj.  糟糕的; 严重的; 不合意的; 悲惨的; 忧伤的

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Collins.1 / BNC.33971 / COCA.23845

牛津词典

adj.

• 糟糕的；严重的；不合意的
  very bad or serious; that you disapprove of
  1. She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules.
     她对这些条例表现出可悲的无知。
• 悲惨的；忧伤的
  very sad
  1. a woeful face
     忧伤的面孔
  2. woeful tales of broken romances
     破裂爱情的悲惨故事

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （人或事物）悲惨的，忧伤的，哀伤的
  If someone or something iswoeful, they are very sad.
  1. ...a woeful ballad.
     忧伤的情歌
• ADJ-GRADED 恶劣的;糟糕的;不合意的
  You can usewoefulto emphasize that something is very bad or undesirable.
  1. Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
     这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
  2. ...the woeful state of the economy.
     糟糕的经济状况

双语例句

• Too many children are still out of school and many government schools are woeful.
  大量儿童仍然无学可上，很多公立学校的条件也非常恶劣。
• When I saw her woeful face, I knew she had bad news.
  看到她悲伤的面孔时，我就知道她有坏消息了。
• Failure to keep pace in the fast-changing computer world can exact a woeful price.
  在计算机世界里跟不上急速变化的步伐就要付出可悲的代价。
• They look worth a bet at odds against and are much the most likely to deliver from these two considering Boro's woeful form which has seen them win just once in18 league matches.
  他们期待着值得一赌，他们是最有可能去传递从这两个考虑米德尔斯堡的惨况的形式，他们只在18场比赛中赢了一场。
• Woeful reality for independent women who can do VERY WELL without the trouble.
  独立的女人可以自己生活的很好，不需要面对这样恶心的现实。
• Forlorn and woeful the old capital lay in gray morning light as we entered.
  当我们进入南京的时候，这古老的京城正孤独地，忧郁地躺在灰色的晨曦中。
• This betrays a woeful lack of full understanding of the correlation among social programs, democracy, equity and economic growth, and of enough em.
  这说明社会项目与经济增长之间复杂的相互作用的关系在我国还没有得到充分的认识，并进而在经济社会发展中得到足够的重视。
• His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.
  他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
• Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
  这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
• He sat there with a woeful expression.
  他坐在那里，表情忧伤。