woeful

adj.

1. 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。
2. 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

1. 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.
   1. ...a woeful ballad.
      忧伤的情歌
2. 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.
   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

1. Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
   这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
2. Still, the lack of respect shown by his classmates did not hinder mike from persisting with telling his woeful tales.
   但是，他的同学对他不够尊重这个事实并没有阻止迈克坚持讲他悲哀的故事。
3. As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
   至于我，那跟从你作牧人的职分，我并没有急忙离弃，也没有想那灾殃的日子。这是你知道的。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Many Brazilians are angered about the billions being spent on the tournament, saying the money should have gone to improving Brazil's woeful public services.
   许多巴西人对于竞技比赛上花费的大量资金感到愤怒，他们称这些钱本应该被用来改善巴西糟糕的公共服务。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Woeful souls are wailing in an abysmal pond.
   悲伤的灵魂在无底的深潭里嚎啕。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. Rising inequality, corruption and woeful inadequacies in the education and health systems have emboldened some leftwing critics of the reform process.
    不平等程度加深、腐败现象，以及教育和医疗体系的不完善，增强了那些对改革进程持批评态度的左翼人士的勇气。
15. They displayed woeful ignorance of the safety rules.
    他们对安全条例表现出可悲的无知。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. He sat there with a woeful expression.
    他坐在那里，表情忧伤。
19. 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。
20. The woeful state of the economy, he said, is "a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some".
    他说，美国糟糕的经济形势是“由于某些人的贪婪和不负责任而导致的”。
21. Given its debt, its budget and current account deficits and its woeful lack of competitiveness, Greece cannot escape the debt trap.
    考虑到希腊的债务、预算与经常账户赤字和竞争力的极度低下，该国根本无力摆脱债务陷阱。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. His woeful eyes betrayed his feeling.
    他忧伤的眼神泄露了他的心情。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. This betrays a woeful lack of full understanding of the correlation among social programs, democracy, equity and economic growth, and of enough em.
    这说明社会项目与经济增长之间复杂的相互作用的关系在我国还没有得到充分的认识，并进而在经济社会发展中得到足够的重视。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. A woeful hostess brooks not merry guests.
    心情凄苦的女主人，受不了欢娱的宾客；