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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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！
• Count our joys instead of our woes;
  数数我们的快乐，而不是我们的痛苦；
• 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。
• 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。