woes

英 [wəʊz]

美 [woʊz]

n.  麻烦; 问题; 困难; 痛苦; 苦恼; 悲伤; 悲哀
woe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 悲痛;悲哀;哀伤
  Woeis very great sadness.
  1. He listened to my tale of woe...
     他听我诉说悲伤的故事。
  2. All around women wailed their woe or screamed abuse.
     四下里女人们呼天抢地，高声叫骂。
• N-PLURAL 麻烦;问题;困难
  You can refer to someone's problems as theirwoes.
  1. He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
     他没有告诉亲友自己的烦恼。
• woe betide→ see:betide

双语例句

• It's an unexpected U-turn for President Obama that underscores how sensitive he is about America's economic woes.
  奥巴马总统一个意想不到的180度大转弯，强调了他对美国的经济困境是多么敏感。
• All the woes and causes of conflicts seemed cleared away.
  一切麻烦事，一切引起冲突的根源，似乎都被扫除了。
• He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
  他没有告诉亲友自己的烦恼。
• A darning-needle forced into his heart had ended his earthly woes.
  一支缝补针刺进他的心窝、结束了他的痛苦的生活。
• The people there blame us for their woes.
  那里的人民指责我们是他们灾难的根源。
• Japan has certainly taken noteof america's woes, with its leaders calling American workers lazy and illiterate.
  日本的领袖们称美国工人懒惰，且目不识丁，他们当然注意到了美国的苦恼。
• Count our joys instead of our woes;
  数数我们的快乐，而不是我们的痛苦；
• And, oh, the woes that traveling has inflicted on my digestive tract!
  还有，哦，旅行对我的消化道造成痛苦！
• Your clothes, your nose, your woes.
  你的衣着，你的长相和你的苦恼。
• Many questions related to current economic woes Is inflation in coming years inevitable?
  许多问题都与当前的经济危机相关一位读者问道：未来几年一定会发生通货膨胀吗？