woeful
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ADJ-GRADED (人或事物)悲惨的,忧伤的,哀伤的
If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad....a woeful ballad.
忧伤的情歌
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He said woefully: 'I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me.'
他哀伤地说道:“我爱我的祖国,但祖国并不爱我。”
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ADJ-GRADED 恶劣的;糟糕的;不合意的
You can use woeful to 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。
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Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate...
艺术方面的公共支出严重不足。
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- affected by or full of grief or woe
- his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurie
- Synonym: woebegone
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- of very poor quality or condition
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- Synonym: deplorable execrable miserable wretched
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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。
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Similarly , though ambition continues to run ahead of reality , India has become serious about improving its woeful infrastructure .
同样,尽管梦想仍超出了现实,但印度已开始认真考虑改善该国糟糕的基础设施问题。
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She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules .
她对这些条例表现出可悲的无知。
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Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance .
这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
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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。
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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。
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Every day brings a barrage of woeful economic news .
每天都会出现一连串令人担忧的经济新闻。
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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。
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The woeful state of cyber security is , simply , a market failure .
简单地说,网络安全的糟糕状态是市场失灵的表现。
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Unless taking effective measures to reverse this situation in time , TV drama part woeful .
如果不能采取有效措施及时扭转这种局面,电视戏曲栏目前景堪忧。
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The library is closing due to a woeful lack of funding .
图书馆由于资金严重不足,即将关闭。
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When I saw her woeful face , I knew she had bad news .
看到她悲伤的面孔时,我就知道她有坏消息了。
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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。
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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。
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Still , the team 's woeful play in this stretch prompted tough decisions .
虽然如此,球队这一段时间的惨状迫使他们必须做出某些艰难的决定。
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They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules .
他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
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But when she saw my woeful state ,
但是她一看见我难过,
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Forlorn and woeful the old capital lay in gray morning light as we entered .
当我们进入南京的时候,这古老的京城正孤独地,忧郁地躺在灰色的晨曦中。
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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。
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Ah Liu suddenly entered with a woeful look and asked for a tip .
阿刘忽然进来,哭丧着脸向他讨小费。
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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。
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He sat there with a woeful expression .
他坐在那里,表情忧伤。
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The dog gave a long woeful howl .
狗发出长声哀叫。
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The Grass is Singing is actually a woeful song for the helpless Other .
《野草在歌唱》实际上是为无助的他者谱写的一首悲惨的歌。
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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。
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He said conditions in the jail where he was held briefly after his arrest last week had been woeful .
他形容上周自己被捕后所处的关押场所的条件相当恶劣。
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But given the scale of the problem , rues Prof Kohlbacher , the levels of research are woeful .
但科尔巴赫教授遗憾地表示,由于老龄化问题已经相当严峻,当前的研究水平还很低。
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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。
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His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling .
他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
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And then the lover , sighing like furnace , with a woeful ballad .
跟着是情人,象锅炉般叹息,唱着忧伤的歌谣。