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
- They are intensely worried about America's past sins and its current woeful image in the world.
他们非常担心美国过去的罪孽和它现在在世界上的可悲形象。 - He sat there with a woeful expression.
他坐在那里,表情忧伤。 - 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。 - Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
这样的态度是极度无知造成的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A woeful hostess brooks not merry guests.
心情凄苦的女主人,受不了欢娱的宾客; - 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。