woes

英 [wəʊz]

美 [woʊz]

n.  麻烦; 问题; 困难; 痛苦; 苦恼; 悲伤; 悲哀
woe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 悲痛;悲哀;哀伤
  Woeis very great sadness.
  1. He listened to my tale of woe...
     他听我诉说悲伤的故事。
  2. All around women wailed their woe or screamed abuse.
     四下里女人们呼天抢地，高声叫骂。
• N-PLURAL 麻烦;问题;困难
  You can refer to someone's problems as theirwoes.
  1. He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
     他没有告诉亲友自己的烦恼。
• woe betide→ see:betide

双语例句

• They would invite him back and listen sympathetically to his woes.
  他们将邀请他回来并同情地倾听他的不幸遭遇。
• Now the global economic crisis is deepening their woes.
  如今，全球经济危机加重了它们的苦难。
• It's an unexpected U-turn for President Obama that underscores how sensitive he is about America's economic woes.
  奥巴马总统一个意想不到的180度大转弯，强调了他对美国的经济困境是多么敏感。
• The number of Korean visitors plummeted during South Korea's recent economic woes.
  韩国最近遭受了经济危机之后，前往三亚韩国游客数量急剧下降。
• However, most critically, local officials and industrialists blamed their woes on banks favouring state-owned enterprises.
  然而，当地官员和实业家认为最关键的因素在于银行对国有企业的偏爱。
• Education and health services are well isolated from recession woes.
  教育和健康服务都不受经济衰退影响。
• It is unlikely someone will come up with a magic idea soon to solve America's economic woes.
  有人提出一个神奇的想法而尽快解决美国的经济困境，这不太可能。
• She told him all her woes.
  她把自己的不幸遭遇都告诉他了。
• To add to our woes, having finally made it to the lake, we all fell ill!
  好象上天要增加我们的困难，到终于到了湖边后，我们所有人都生病了！
• Not to add to your woes, hon, but you're a few days behind.
  亲爱的，我不是想增加你的烦恼，可是你已经好几天了没付钱了。