woeful

Word family adjectivewoefulwoesomewoebegoneadverbwoefullynounwoefulnesswoe

woe·ful /ˈwəʊfəl $ ˈwoʊ-/ adjectiveadj

1 SERIOUS SITUATIONvery bad or serious 极坏的，糟透的；极严重的 SYN deplorable

a woeful lack of information

信息极其匮乏

2 literarySAD/UNHAPPY very sad 悲哀的，悲伤的 SYN pathetic

woeful eyes

悲伤的眼神

—woefully adverbadv

woefully inadequate facilities

设施严重不足

Examples from the Corpus

woeful• Oxford tickets sold out, and a woeful 0-0 draw as well.• Her 10-and 12-minute miles have disintegrated to this: a mile logged at a woeful 25 minutes.• It is a woeful and complex story.• a woeful cry of frustration• Narvaez came to a woeful end after finding no gold at a place called Apalachee, believed to be near Tallahassee.• Given more time to contemplate the nature of his existence, Doug One suffers from a woeful identity crisis.• I heard no more of the exchange but this one remark was quite enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre.• a woeful lack of imagination• The woeful Redskins beat the Cowboys twice.• the woeful state of the economy

单词	woeful
释义	woeful Word family adjectivewoefulwoesomewoebegoneadverbwoefullynounwoefulnesswoe woe·ful /ˈwəʊfəl $ ˈwoʊ-/ adjectiveadj 1 SERIOUS SITUATIONvery bad or serious 极坏的，糟透的；极严重的 SYN deplorable a woeful lack of information 信息极其匮乏 2 literarySAD/UNHAPPY very sad 悲哀的，悲伤的 SYN pathetic woeful eyes 悲伤的眼神 —woefully adverbadv woefully inadequate facilities 设施严重不足 Examples from the Corpus woeful• Oxford tickets sold out, and a woeful 0-0 draw as well.• Her 10-and 12-minute miles have disintegrated to this: a mile logged at a woeful 25 minutes.• It is a woeful and complex story.• a woeful cry of frustration• Narvaez came to a woeful end after finding no gold at a place called Apalachee, believed to be near Tallahassee.• Given more time to contemplate the nature of his existence, Doug One suffers from a woeful identity crisis.• I heard no more of the exchange but this one remark was quite enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre.• a woeful lack of imagination• The woeful Redskins beat the Cowboys twice.• the woeful state of the economy
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