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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• He did not tell his relatives and friends about his woes.
  他没有告诉亲友自己的烦恼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Count our joys instead of our woes;
  数数我们的快乐，而不是我们的痛苦；