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

• 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。
• Many Brazilians are angered about the billions being spent on the tournament, saying the money should have gone to improving Brazil's woeful public services.
  许多巴西人对于竞技比赛上花费的大量资金感到愤怒，他们称这些钱本应该被用来改善巴西糟糕的公共服务。
• His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.
  他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
• 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。
• They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules.
  他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
• Too many children are still out of school and many government schools are woeful.
  大量儿童仍然无学可上，很多公立学校的条件也非常恶劣。
• He sat there with a woeful expression.
  他坐在那里，表情忧伤。
• Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
  这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
• Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.
  悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。
• 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。