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

• 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。
• 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。
• She told him all her woes.
  她把自己的不幸遭遇都告诉他了。
• He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
  他没有告诉亲友自己的烦恼。
• 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。
• The North American leaders are also expected to focus on their region's economic woes.
  预计三位领导人还将重点讨论地区经济问题。
• All the woes and causes of conflicts seemed cleared away.
  一切麻烦事，一切引起冲突的根源，似乎都被扫除了。
• Japan has certainly taken noteof america's woes, with its leaders calling American workers lazy and illiterate.
  日本的领袖们称美国工人懒惰，且目不识丁，他们当然注意到了美国的苦恼。
• Europe's woes today begin with the crisis of confidence in the eurozone.
  今天欧洲的苦难是从人们对欧元区的信心危机开始的。
• 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！