woeful

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++woe·ful /ˈwəʊfəl $ ˈwoʊ-/ adjective  1  SERIOUS SITUATIONvery bad or serious 极坏的，糟透的；极严重的 SYN deplorable a woeful lack of information 信息极其匮乏2  literarySAD/UNHAPPY very sad 悲哀的，悲伤的 SYN pathetic woeful eyes 悲伤的眼神 —woefully adverb woefully inadequate facilities 设施严重不足

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woeful• Oxford tickets sold out, and a woeful 0-0 draw as well.• Her 10-and 12-minute miles have disintegrated to this: a mile logged at a woeful 25 minutes.• It is a woeful and complex story.• a woeful cry of frustration• Narvaez came to a woeful end after finding no gold at a place called Apalachee, believed to be near Tallahassee.• Given more time to contemplate the nature of his existence, Doug One suffers from a woeful identity crisis.• I heard no more of the exchange but this one remark was quite enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre.• a woeful lack of imagination• The woeful Redskins beat the Cowboys twice.• the woeful state of the economy

woe·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable  

or bad Corpus very serious

woeful
woe‧ful /ˈwəʊfəl $ ˈwoʊ-/ adjective
1. very bad or serious
   SYN  deplorable:
    a woeful lack of information
2. literary very sad
   SYN  pathetic:
    woeful eyes
—woefully adverb:
    woefully inadequate facilities

woe·fulBrE /ˈwəʊfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwoʊfl/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] very bad or serious; that you disapprove of 糟糕的；严重的；不合意的 SYN deplorable ◆She displayed a woeful ignorance of the rules. 她对这些条例表现出可悲的无知。🔊🔊(literary or formal) very sad 悲惨的；忧伤的◆a woeful face忧伤的面孔◆woeful tales of broken romances破裂爱情的悲惨故事▸ woe·ful·ly BrE /ˈwəʊfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwoʊfəli/ 🔊 adverb