柯林斯英汉双解大词典
woeful /ˈwəʊfəl/ TEM8
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ADJ If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad. 悲伤的
例：...a woeful ballad.
…一支悲伤的歌谣。
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woefully ADV 悲伤地 [ADV with v]
例：He said woefully: "I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me."
他悲伤地说：“我爱我的国家，但是它压根就不在乎我。”
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ADJ You can use woeful to emphasize that something is very bad or undesirable. 糟糕透顶的 [journalism]
例：...the woeful state of the economy.
…这种糟糕透顶的经济状况。
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woefully ADV 糟糕透顶地
例：Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.
艺术上的公共支出严重不足。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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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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Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta'en thy wit away.
你傻乎乎地读书，最终造成了你的不幸，弄得你发疯了。
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Its infrastructure is in woeful shape.
它的基础设施糟糕透顶。
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Weep no more, woeful Shepherds weep no more For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor, So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head.
诗歌大意：，悲伤的牧羊人们不要再哭泣,利西亚斯并没有死去，虽然他被海水吞没，启明星也会沉入海底，不久便会修复他疲惫的头颅。
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