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单词 woefully
释义
woefully
adverb
uk
/ˈwəʊ.fəl.i/us
/ˈwoʊ.fəl.i/
used toemphasizehowbadasituationis:
极其（用于强调情况的糟糕）
Thesafetyprecautionstaken bylargeresorthotelsare often woefullyinadequatefor thenumberofpeoplewhostaythere.那些旅游胜地的大型旅馆虽然采取了安全措施，但相对于游客的人数来说大多还不够完善。
The school'stextbooksare woefully out ofdate.那家学校使用的课本太过时了。
Synonym
sadly
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • nasty
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • unutterable
  • vile
  • woeful
  • wretchedly
  • yucky
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(Definition ofwoefullyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

woefully| American Dictionary

woefully
adverb
us
/ˈwoʊ·fə·li/
(of abadsituation)extremely; very:
Medicalresourceswere woefullyinadequateduring theemergency.
Thestaffwas woefullyunderpaidandthoroughlydemoralized.
(Definition ofwoefullyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwoefully

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Thus, a theoretical perspective on culture that minimizes or assumes process would bewoefullyinadequate.
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It would bewoefullypremature to herald the return of precolonial history to the mainstream academic fold.
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As a result, held up against historical realities, his analysis of the dynamics and output of the music industry iswoefullyreductive.
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Government forces were stationed at key points butwoefullyill-arrayed for battle.
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The analysis of crust iswoefullyinadequate and again points to the need for ethnography since this is among the least documented aspects of punk.
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The amount of nutrition available in these households waswoefullydeficient.
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This is an exercise which fallswoefullyshort of being able to think of better worlds that contain free agents.
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However, the public opinion data that are available arewoefullyincomplete.
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At first glance, pensions seemwoefullyinadequate when compared to the labourers' wages.
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These surveys provide a wealth of social, demographic and economic information that iswoefullyunderexploited.
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This iswoefullyinadequate for a number of reasons.
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But, whatever else is the case, the phenomenon of the outsider-leader has in the past been neglectedwoefullyand is - surely?
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As a result, the syntactic analysis in the text, essentially the kind that was prevalent in the late 1960s, seemswoefullyoutdated.
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The system of economic controls, however, waswoefullyineffective and failed miserably both at controlling inflation and at alleviating the food shortages.
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The clear inference to be drawn using this limiting distribution is that the model iswoefullymisspecified.
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