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

• Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
  这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
• His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.
  他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
• They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules.
  他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
• 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。
• Failure to keep pace in the fast-changing computer world can exact a woeful price.
  在计算机世界里跟不上急速变化的步伐就要付出可悲的代价。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.
  悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。
• Torres says he found it hard to handle the huge setbacks of his repeated injury problems and Liverpool's woeful campaign.
  托雷斯说道，处理他个人如此巨大的挫折以及反反复复的伤病非常困难，而利物浦俱乐部的糟糕战绩也同样棘手。
• 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。