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

• There was some truth in this argument, but the alternative hypothesis that fiscal and monetary virtue would be sufficient proved to be woefully mistaken.
  这一论点有一定的道理，但另一种假设只要有好的财政和货币政策就足够了已被证实是一个悲哀的错误。
• And he deferred payments into the state pension fund& worryingly, as it is woefully underfunded.
  由于严重缺乏资金，他只好忧虑地延迟支付国家养老基金。
• Modern science has operated in self-contained compartments. most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized.
  现代科学一直是分门别类各自为政的。许多科学被不幸的分成了小门类。
• Emerging countries, including China, are woefully under-represented in these bodies.
  遗憾的是，中国等新兴国家在这些机构中代表性不足。
• What is woefully apparent is that these questions have not been seriously addressed.
  悲哀的是，这些问题显然没有得到认真解决。
• The peripheral countries of Europe are meanwhile stuck with woefully weak competitive positions and no easy adjustment mechanism.
  与此同时，欧洲外围国家不幸地陷入了竞争力疲弱、同时没有轻松调整机制的境地。
• '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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。