be woeful
描述某事物状态，常见于口语和书面语。
The team's performance was woeful.
该队的表现糟糕透顶。
悲伤的，悲哀的
woefullest — superlative of woeful
糟糕的，极差的；充满悲伤；因悲痛或灾难而痛苦；带来灾难、痛苦或折磨；可悲的,令人遗憾的；悲惨的；微不足道的；贫乏的
full of grief or sorrow
形容人感到或表现出悲伤
充满悲伤；因悲痛或灾难而痛苦
Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
带来灾难、痛苦或折磨
Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
可悲的,令人遗憾的
Lamentable, deplorable.
悲惨的；微不足道的；贫乏的
Wretched; paltry; poor.
She felt woeful after the breakup, unable to concentrate on anything.
分手后她感到悲伤，无法集中精力做任何事情。
用法提示：woeful 作表语，表示'悲伤的'。
The woeful lack of funding forced the school to close its library.
资金极度匮乏迫使学校关闭了图书馆。
用法提示：woeful 作定语，表示'极差的，糟糕的'。
The tragedy made the whole nation woeful.
这场悲剧让整个国家陷入悲伤。
用法提示：woeful 作宾语补足语，表示'悲伤的'。
描述某事物状态，常见于口语和书面语。
The team's performance was woeful.
该队的表现糟糕透顶。
作定语修饰名词，表达强烈情感。
She gave a woeful cry when she heard the news.
她听到消息后发出悲伤的哭喊。
用于引出令人惋惜或糟糕的从句。
It is woeful that such a talented player had to retire early.
如此有天赋的运动员不得不早早退役，实属悲哀。
美式英语中常用，表达主观评判。
Critics found the movie woeful.
评论家认为这部电影很差劲。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was full of woeful.
正确表达He was full of woe.
“woeful”是形容词，不能作名词。名词形式是“woe”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He woeful cried.
正确表达He cried woefully.
“woeful”是形容词，不能修饰动词。应该用副词“woefully”。
woozy（眩晕的）与woeful（悲伤的/糟糕的）发音相近，但意思完全不同
wretched（极差的/可怜的）与woeful（糟糕的/可悲的）在贬义上重叠，但wretched更强调痛苦和恶劣，而woeful侧重可悲或遗憾
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