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

• 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。
• Now the global economic crisis is deepening their woes.
  如今，全球经济危机加重了它们的苦难。
• That would force Greece to make even larger cuts in government spending, further exacerbating its economic woes.
  这将使希腊削减更多政府开支，进一步加剧经济形势恶化。
• 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。
• Europe's woes today begin with the crisis of confidence in the eurozone.
  今天欧洲的苦难是从人们对欧元区的信心危机开始的。
• AMERICA'S fiscal woes are placing the country on a path of growing strategic risk in Asia.
  美国的财政困难将国家置于一个来自亚洲发展战略危机的困境中。
• 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。
• Meantime, at least, Japan's current woes are giving China a chance to show its soft side.
  至少，日本目前的困境给了中国一个机会来展示其温柔的一面。【译者表示反对】。
• 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！
• With his death all his woes ended.
  一去世，他的苦恼就一了百了了。