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

• Their own techniques was at this time woefully imperfect.
  当时，他们本身的技术也低得可怜。
• 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。
• 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。
• This shielding is woefully inadequate.
  这保护层很遗憾的不够充分。
• The preparations were woefully inadequate.
  准备工作未免太不够了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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'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。
• 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。