| 词汇 | woe |
| 释义 | woeWord family adjectivewoefulwoesomewoebegoneadverbwoefullynounwoefulnesswoe woe /wəʊ $ woʊ/ ●○○ noun → whoa 1 woes [plural] formalPROBLEM the problems and troubles affecting someone 困难；难题 the country’s economic woes 该国的经济困难 Examples from the Corpus woes• They tend to blame all of Africa's woes on colonialism. 2. [uncountableU] literarySAD/UNHAPPY great sadness 悲伤，悲哀 3. woe is me spoken humorous used to say that you are extremely unhappy or in a difficult situation 我好苦啊 Examples from the Corpus woe is me• Our only possible response before such a personal theophany can be: Woe is me!• Oh woe is me, another potentially terrific game scuppered by an irritating multiload! 4 woe betide somebody British EnglishBrEWARNTHREATEN used to warn someone that there will be trouble if they do something – especially used humorously 某人将要遭殃〔用于警告某人做某事会有麻烦，幽默用法〕 Woe betide anyone who smokes in our house! 谁在我们房子里抽烟谁倒霉！ Examples from the Corpus woe• I saw more of human agony and woe than l trust I will ever again be called on to witness.• Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys, her food etc.• She thought of the baby only as her last blunder in loving, a mistake leading her nearer to this dreadful woe.• The Magic situation is symbolic of the Lakers' woes.• You must listen to their interminable tales of marital woe.• The image left by these events was of a company besieged by technical, legal, marketing and customer-service woes. Old English wa |
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