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

• Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.
  悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。
• Rising inequality, corruption and woeful inadequacies in the education and health systems have emboldened some leftwing critics of the reform process.
  不平等程度加深、腐败现象，以及教育和医疗体系的不完善，增强了那些对改革进程持批评态度的左翼人士的勇气。
• 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。
• Many Brazilians are angered about the billions being spent on the tournament, saying the money should have gone to improving Brazil's woeful public services.
  许多巴西人对于竞技比赛上花费的大量资金感到愤怒，他们称这些钱本应该被用来改善巴西糟糕的公共服务。
• 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。
• 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 are intensely worried about America's past sins and its current woeful image in the world.
  他们非常担心美国过去的罪孽和它现在在世界上的可悲形象。
• Even with the apparent acceleration, however, job creation remains woeful.
  尽管出现了显著的加速上升，新增就业状况却相当悲惨。
• This ignorance has led to some woeful choices.
  由于这种无知而作出了一些很糟糕的选择。