woeful

woeful音标

英 [ˈwəʊfl]

美 [ˈwoʊfl]

woeful基本释义

adj.悲伤的；悲哀的；不幸的

woeful用法及例句

1. （人或事物）悲惨的，忧伤的，哀伤的If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad.

e.g. ...a woeful ballad.忧伤的情歌

woefullyHe 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。”

2. 恶劣的;糟糕的;不合意的You can use woeful to emphasize that something is very bad or undesirable.

e.g. Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.这样的态度是极度无知造成的。e.g. ...the woeful state of the economy.糟糕的经济状况

woefullyPublic expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate...艺术方面的公共支出严重不足。Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.大多数舰船弹药极度匮乏。

1. 悲伤的：woebegone 愁眉苦脸的 | woeful 悲伤的 | woefully 悲伤地

2. 悲惨的：outrageous残暴的 | woeful悲惨的 | repulsive令人厌恶的

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3. 悲痛的：woe 悲痛 | woeful 悲痛的 | wolf 狼

4. 悲伤地：indolent a. 懒惰的 | woeful, sorrowful, distressing, heartbroken, mirthless悲伤地 | panoramic view of ..adj. 全景的

Be sure that woeful father wept.

出自：E. Arnold

Lizzie..was..a distraction, with her woeful face and her grubby tracksuit.

出自：A. Brookner

近义词

临近词

unhappy不快乐的

tragic悲剧的

deplorable应受谴责的

funereal适合葬礼的

pitiful慈悲的

mournful悲恸的

execrable恶劣的

sad悲哀的

woebegone忧愁的

regrettable可叹的

accursed可憎的

inadequate不适当的

doleful悲哀的

sorrowful悲伤的

pathetic可怜的

harrowing悲痛的

bad坏的

miserable痛苦的

traumatic创伤的

distressing使人痛苦的

afflictive给人痛苦的

unpleasant使人不愉快的...

wretched可怜的

depressing令人沮丧的

woe

woefully ad.

woefully

wok

woeful tales of broken romances

woeful cry

相关列句

Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta'en thy wit away.(你傻乎乎地读书，*终造成了你的不幸，弄得你发疯了。)

Its infrastructure is in woeful shape.(它的基础设施糟糕透顶。)

Nigeria's woeful electricity supply and poor roads make it hard for entrepreneurs to flourish, or even get by.(尼日利亚糟糕透顶的电力供应和破烂的公路使企业家门很难在这里繁盛，甚至进入都很困难。)

Mother Nature may be the cause of their misery, but a woeful lack of government planning seems to have exacerbated it.(大自然也许是让他们遭遇不幸的起因，但是government不堪一击的防灾计划则让*面更加恶化。)

The woeful news grieved the nation.(这悲惨的消息使举国悲痛。)

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。)

His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.(他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。)

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。)

She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules.(她对这些条例表现出可悲的无知。)

Standards of training and monitoring health professionals are woeful.(训练和监管医疗保健专业人士的标准就更糟糕了。)