woe
美音:
[wəu
]英音:
[wəu
]n.悲哀
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woe
/wəʊ; wo/
n (dated or fml or joc 旧或文或谑)
1 [U] great sorrow or distress 悲哀; 悲痛; 苦恼
*a cry of woe 悲鸣
* She needed someone to listen to her tale of woe, ie the story of her misfortune. 她需要有人听她述说悲惨的遭遇.
2 woes [pl] things that cause sorrow or distress; troubles or misfortunes 引起悲哀或苦恼的事物; 麻烦事; 不幸的事
*She told him all her woes. 她把自己的不幸遭遇都告诉他了.
3 (idm 习语) woe be`tide sb (fml or joc 文或谑) there will be trouble for sb 某人要倒霉
*Woe betide anyone who arrives late! 谁迟到谁倒霉! ,woe is `me! interj (arch or joc 古或谑) how unhappy I am 我真不痛快!
woe
n
[Language: Old English;Origin: wa]
woes [plural]formal
the problems and troubles affecting someone
the country's economic woes
[U]literary
great sadness
woe is me
spoken humorous used to say that you are extremely unhappy or in a difficult situation
woe betide sb
BrE used to warn someone that there will be trouble if they do something - especially used humorously
Woe betide anyone who smokes in our house!
1. The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house. 那个好说谎的乞丐在每家说不同的悲哀故事。
2. Turning those pages and studying their photographs is like flowing on a sad current that, like Blake's Thames, seems to "mark in every face, marks of weakness, marks of woe." 一张张翻看并研读这些照片,仿佛漂流在一条让人伤心的河流上,就像身处英国诗人布莱克笔下的泰晤士河畔,似乎 "看见每一个过往行人都是满脸饥色,满脸愁苦。"
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