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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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He said conditions in the jail where he was held briefly after his arrest last week had been woeful.
  他形容上周自己被捕后所处的关押场所的条件相当恶劣。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
  这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
• 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。
• Still, the lack of respect shown by his classmates did not hinder mike from persisting with telling his woeful tales.
  但是，他的同学对他不够尊重这个事实并没有阻止迈克坚持讲他悲哀的故事。