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

• His work displays a woeful lack of imagination.
  他的作品令人遗憾地显示出缺乏想像力。
• 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。
• After all, the eurozone ( like Japan before it) is hovering near deflation, marred by a woeful lack of demand and fragmented political structures that seem unable to promote rapid structural reform.
  毕竟，欧元区（像之前的日本那样）在通缩的边缘徘徊，还受到两个问题的掣肘：需求严重短缺，以及似乎无法推进快速结构性改革的各自为政的政治结构。
• They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules.
  他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
• He sat there with a woeful expression.
  他坐在那里，表情忧伤。
• The woeful state of the economy, he said, is "a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some".
  他说，美国糟糕的经济形势是“由于某些人的贪婪和不负责任而导致的”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。