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

• Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.
  悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。
• His work displays a woeful lack of imagination.
  他的作品令人遗憾地显示出缺乏想像力。
• 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。
• 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。
• They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules.
  他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
• 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。
• Woeful reality for independent women who can do VERY WELL without the trouble.
  独立的女人可以自己生活的很好，不需要面对这样恶心的现实。
• They look worth a bet at odds against and are much the most likely to deliver from these two considering Boro's woeful form which has seen them win just once in18 league matches.
  他们期待着值得一赌，他们是最有可能去传递从这两个考虑米德尔斯堡的惨况的形式，他们只在18场比赛中赢了一场。
• 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。
• There was a lake with woeful water where there was a road you had walked.
  你在多年前走过的路面，现在满载忧伤的湖水。