woefully
- adv.不幸地;悲伤地;使人痛苦地
woefully
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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....a woeful ballad.
忧伤的情歌
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He said woefully: 'I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me.'
他哀伤地说道:“我爱我的祖国,但祖国并不爱我。”
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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.Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance.
这样的态度是极度无知造成的。
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Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate...
艺术方面的公共支出严重不足。
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They are correct on the first two points and woefully wrong on the third .
他们前两点是正确的,但第三点则大错特错了。
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Their own techniques was at this time woefully imperfect .
当时,他们本身的技术也低得可怜。
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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。
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They have been woefully short of it since the credit crunch .
自信贷紧缩以来,它们一直面临资金匮乏问题,这令人惋惜。
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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。
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Most woefully , I knew nothing at all about my errors during that period of time .
最可悲的是,自己当时对错误行为竟全无察觉。
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Its only defense , a concrete sea wall , which turned out to be woefully small .
它唯一的防护设施,是一座水泥防波墙。事实证明,这座墙实面对那次海啸,实在微不足道。
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The US banking system is still woefully undercapitalised for the size of its balance sheets .
美国银行业体系就其资产负债表的规模而言,仍处于资本严重不足的状态。
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To call this a security hole is to understate the point woefully .
不幸的是,将它称之为安全性漏洞有些轻描淡写。
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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。
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Donna : [ woefully ] I used to have fun !
堂娜(显得很悲伤):我曾经也开心过!
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We are woefully short of material on your sort of thing , Mr. Graham .
我们对于你的那些事知晓的内容少得可怜,格雷厄姆先生
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The current global institutional apparatus is woefully incapable of overseeing the financial system that is evolving .
令人遗憾的是,当前的全球机构设置没有能力监管不断发展变化的金融体系。
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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。
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As a result , they are often woefully lacking in the safety culture expected of a normal industrialised society .
因此,它们通常不幸地缺乏人们期待正常工业化社会所具备的安全文化。
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Security that is retrofitted is usually woefully inadequate .
对安全功能进行翻新改造通常都是达不到目的的。
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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。
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They remain woefully short of the necessities of life , such as jobs , clean water and electricity .
他们仍然极其缺乏生活必需品,比如说工作,洁净的水和电力。
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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。
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But , infrastructure continues to be woefully inadequate .
不过尽管如此,印度的基础设施仍显得不堪重负。
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Although Roman sewers were advanced for the time , they were woefully inadequate by our standards .
虽然罗马的下水道是当时最先进的,但跟我们现代的下水道系统相比,简直就是差太多。
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For all these welcome developments , agriculture around Lundazi is woefully undeveloped .
尽管有了这些令人鼓舞的进展,隆达济周围地区的农业却超级落后。
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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。
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The plant is so woefully damaged that TEPCO officials cannot say when the crisis will be over .
核电站被破坏的非常严重,东京电力公司当局不能说明危机什么时候能结束。
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The children have to use text books that are woefully out-of-date because the school can 't afford any more .
孩子们不得不使有极其过时的课本,因为学校买不起贵的。
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The explosive growth of structured investment vehicles at the height of the credit boom was also woefully under-reported .
不幸的是,结构性投资工具在信贷繁荣鼎盛时期的爆炸性增长也没有得到充分报道。
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And whereas western Europe was making massive strides towards political and economic union , the Arabs remained woefully divided .
而当西欧大步迈向政治经济一体化时,阿拉伯人却仍是一团散沙。