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

• His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.
  他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
• 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。
• He sat there with a woeful expression.
  他坐在那里，表情忧伤。
• There was a lake with woeful water where there was a road you had walked.
  你在多年前走过的路面，现在满载忧伤的湖水。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• China's state-owned commercial bank finds itself in a woeful predicament, and its reform is beset with difficulties.
  中国国有商业银行身陷困局，改革困难重重。
• Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
  这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
• Stroeve gave me a look with his woeful eyes.
  施特略夫用他那对愁苦的眼睛瞪了我一眼。