woefully

英 ['wəʊf(ə)li]

美 ['woʊf(ə)li]

adv.  悲伤地；不幸地；使人痛苦地

BNC.20082 / COCA.15773

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （人或事物）悲惨的，忧伤的，哀伤的
  If someone or something iswoeful, they are very sad.
  1. ...a woeful ballad.
     忧伤的情歌
• ADJ-GRADED 恶劣的;糟糕的;不合意的
  You can usewoefulto 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

英英释义

adv

• in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
  1. he was sadly neglected
  2. it was woefully inadequate
  Synonym:deplorablylamentablysadly

双语例句

• Even today, its foreign service remains woefully understaffed: both New Zealand and Singapore have more serving diplomats.
  即使在今天，印度外交机构的人员仍然远远不足：新西兰和新加坡两国在任外交官均多于印度。
• 'Public understanding of energy conservation and emissions reduction is still woefully behind,'he says, adding that more education and publicity of the issue by the government is needed.
  他说，公众对节能减排的理解仍然落后。他还表示，这个问题上政府应该进一步加强教育和宣传。
• Since Mr Mandela retired in 1999, the country has been woefully led.
  曼德拉先生1999年退休后，南非一直没能得到明君的领导。
• It has become commonplace, for example, to say that the Americans were woefully ignorant of Iraq's turbulent history and tangled sociology.
  比如，美国人不幸地忽略了伊拉克动荡的历史和混乱的社会状态这种说法是相当普遍的。
• It is too early to cheer; but this may be an important reform to a woefully repressive system.
  虽然现在就庆祝为时尚早；但这可能是该国令人遗憾的专政体系的重大变革。
• It's been a busy couple of weeks, so the bins are woefully bare.
  已经忙了好几个星期，所以箱子已经变得很空荡了。
• It remains woefully obscure& at least to most American wine drinkers.
  但尽管如此，了解这种酒的人还是少得可怜&至少美国大多数葡萄酒爱好者都对其一无所知。
• We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease.
  不幸的是，我们仍对这种疾病的致病原因一无所知。
• Then the woefully inadequate provision of health care to the masses of poor people becomes strikingly clear.
  那么提供给穷苦大众的卫生服务工作不足得可悲也就一清二楚了。
• Most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized.
  许多科学被不幸的分成了小门类。