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be deplorable
用于描述状态或情况，后常接名词或名词短语。
The living conditions in the camp were deplorable.
营地的居住条件极其糟糕。
应受谴责的；极糟糕的
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应受谴责的；极糟糕的
deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad
The living conditions in the camp were deplorable.
营地的居住条件极其糟糕。
常用于形容行为或状况令人震惊地恶劣
应受谴责的。
To be deplored.
The refugees were living in deplorable conditions without clean water or sanitation.
这些难民生活在没有干净水源和卫生设施的悲惨环境中。
His deplorable behavior at the meeting offended everyone present.
他在会议上的可耻行为冒犯了在场的所有人。
The hotel room was in a deplorable state with broken furniture and peeling paint.
酒店房间家具破损、油漆剥落，破败不堪。
用于描述状态或情况，后常接名词或名词短语。
The living conditions in the camp were deplorable.
营地的居住条件极其糟糕。
修饰名词，强调某事物的恶劣性质。
He showed a deplorable lack of respect.
他表现出令人遗憾的缺乏尊重。
表达主观看法，后接宾语+补语。
Many people found his behavior deplorable.
许多人认为他的行为应受谴责。
用于评价事实或事件，that从句为真正主语。
It is deplorable that such poverty still exists.
这种贫困依然存在，实在令人痛心。
Not this
I deplorable the decision.
Use this
I deplore the decision.
误将形容词 'deplorable' 用作动词。正确的动词形式是 'deplore'，意为‘谴责、对...深感遗憾’。
Not this
The situation is deplorable handled.
Use this
The situation is deplorably handled.
误将形容词 'deplorable' 用作副词。应用副词 'deplorably' 修饰动词 'handled'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
恶劣的条件
Many families are living in deplorable conditions.
许多家庭生活在恶劣的条件中。
应受谴责的行为
His deplorable behavior at the meeting shocked everyone.
他在会议上的应受谴责的行为让所有人震惊。
破败不堪的状态
The old house was in a deplorable state.
那栋旧房子处于破败不堪的状态。
可恶的行径
Burning the flag is a deplorable act.
焚烧国旗是一种可恶的行径。
令人遗憾的局势
We must do something about this deplorable situation.
我们必须对这个令人遗憾的局势采取行动。
你可以把一半的特朗普支持者归入我所说的“可悲者”之列。
Hillary Clinton said this during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, commonly known as the 'basket of deplorables' remark. Here 'deplorables' is the plural noun form of 'deplorable', meaning people who are worthy of condemnation.
这句话是希拉里·克林顿在2016年美国总统大选期间说的，通常被称为“一篮子可悲者”言论。这里的“deplorables”是“deplorable”的复数名词用法，指应受谴责的人。
Use deplorable naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想deplore（痛惜）加-able：让人痛惜、该受谴责的行为。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、official statements 该词多用于正式场合，如新闻报道、政治评论或官方声明，表示强烈的谴责或反对。日常口语中较少使用，语气较正式、严厉。
adorable, explorable and restorable genuinely rhyme: they end in /-ɔːrəbl/, matching the /-ɔːrəbl/ ending of deplorable in standard pronunciation. deplore and implore are spelling lookalikes but are verbs without the /-əbl/ ending; inexorable is a spelling lookalike but is pronounced /ɪnˈɛksərəbl/, not /-ɔːrəbl/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.