| 单词 | woeful |
| 释义 | woeful (woʊfʊl ) 1. adjective If someone or something is woeful, they are very sad. ...a woeful ballad. woefully adverb [ADVERB with verb] He said woefully: 'I love my country, but it does not give a damn about me.' 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can use woeful to emphasize that something is very bad or undesirable. [emphasis] Such attitudes are the product of woeful ignorance. ...the woeful state of the economy. woefully adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADV before v] Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate. Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition. Collocations: woeful performance It turned out, however, that the duke may have had a genuine excuse for his team's woeful performance after all. Times, Sunday Times Partly because every time there's a woeful performance, you know you're only a couple of games away from a brilliant one. Times,Sunday Times Investors battered by the woeful performance of most investment funds are asking themselves why they should pay high - or any - charges for products that have made such heavy losses. Times, Sunday Times Since then, they have climbed more than 80 per cent to their best in two years as he cut costs and tightened strategy after years of woeful performance. Times, Sunday Times It summed up the hosts' woeful performance. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 悲伤的 Japanese: 悲しみに沈んだ |
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