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单词 woeful
释义 woe·ful
adjective
also wo·ful \ˈwōfəl\
(sometimes woefuller sometimes woefullest)
Etymology: Middle English woful, waful, from wo, wa, n., woe + -ful
1. : full of woe : distressed with grief or calamity : sad, sorrowful, afflicted, wretched
 < two woeful young people — Walter de la Mare >
 < a woeful sight >
 < bade us farewell with woeful prophecies — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
2. : involving, bringing, or relating to woe
 < woeful want >
 < O woeful day! O day of woe! — Ambrose Philips >
3. : calamitous, lamentable, deplorable
 < the notes … are in part woeful nonsense — Herbert Weinstock >
 < a woeful lack of balance — A.L.Scott >
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