| 单词 | woe |
| 释义 | woe /wəʊ $ woʊ/ ●○○ noun 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2. [uncountable] 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4 woe betide somebody British EnglishWARNTHREATEN 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 Corpuswoe• 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.Origin woe Old English wawoe nounChinese someone troubles Corpus affecting the problems and |
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