woeful
英 [ˈwəʊfl]
美 [ˈwoʊfl]
adj. 糟糕的; 严重的; 不合意的; 悲惨的; 忧伤的
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- She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules.
她对这些条例表现出可悲的无知。
- She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules.
- 悲惨的;忧伤的
very sad- a woeful face
忧伤的面孔 - woeful tales of broken romances
破裂爱情的悲惨故事
- a woeful face
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.- ...a woeful ballad.
忧伤的情歌
- ...a woeful ballad.
- ADJ-GRADED 恶劣的;糟糕的;不合意的
You can usewoefulto emphasize that something is very bad or undesirable.- Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
这样的态度是极度无知造成的。 - ...the woeful state of the economy.
糟糕的经济状况
- Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
双语例句
- 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。 - As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
至于我,那跟从你作牧人的职分,我并没有急忙离弃,也没有想那灾殃的日子。这是你知道的。 - Given its debt, its budget and current account deficits and its woeful lack of competitiveness, Greece cannot escape the debt trap.
考虑到希腊的债务、预算与经常账户赤字和竞争力的极度低下,该国根本无力摆脱债务陷阱。 - This ignorance has led to some woeful choices.
由于这种无知而作出了一些很糟糕的选择。 - 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。 - A woeful hostess brooks not merry guests.
心情凄苦的女主人,受不了欢娱的宾客; - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。