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

• That would force Greece to make even larger cuts in government spending, further exacerbating its economic woes.
  这将使希腊削减更多政府开支，进一步加剧经济形势恶化。
• AMERICA'S fiscal woes are placing the country on a path of growing strategic risk in Asia.
  美国的财政困难将国家置于一个来自亚洲发展战略危机的困境中。
• With his death all his woes ended.
  一去世，他的苦恼就一了百了了。
• The people there blame us for their woes.
  那里的人民指责我们是他们灾难的根源。
• The pension liabilities I talked about in last year's report will be a huge contributor to these woes.
  我在去年的报告中谈到的养老金问题会成为地方政府困境的一个重大组成部分。
• Meantime, at least, Japan's current woes are giving China a chance to show its soft side.
  至少，日本目前的困境给了中国一个机会来展示其温柔的一面。【译者表示反对】。
• And, oh, the woes that traveling has inflicted on my digestive tract!
  还有，哦，旅行对我的消化道造成痛苦！
• 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！
• US financial woes threaten Asian manufacturers and exporters.
  美国财务问题冲击亚洲制造业者和出口商。
• 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。