Deplorable
[dɪ'plɔːrəb(ə)l] or [dɪ'plɔrəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) bad; unfortunate; 'my finances were in a deplorable state'; 'a lamentable decision'; 'her clothes were in sad shape'; 'a sorry state of affairs' .
(adj.) of very poor quality or condition; 'deplorable housing conditions in the inner city'; 'woeful treatment of the accused'; 'woeful errors of judgment' .
整理:丽纳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored.
校對:西蒙
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous
ANT:Welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous
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例句/造句/用法:
- The telegraph operating-room was in a deplorable condition. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We endeavoured in vain to abstract Clara from this deplorable scene. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our house last night. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It may turn to infection--but no such deplorable complication had taken place when I left Blackwater Park. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He was a tearful boy, and broke into such deplorable lamentations, when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- In this deplorable state, I contrived to do, what I take to have been, three Objective things. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I cannot conceive a situation more deplorable. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I did everything for the beSt. I am not answerable for a deplorable calamity, which it was quite impossible to foresee. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A most deplorable want of complexion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- They were in a deplorable condition and must have starved but for the support the government gave them. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- That reaction may not be as deplorable as it seems. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Mr. Gradgrind went to the door, and returned with Sleary, to whom he submitted the question, How to get this deplorable object away? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It affected us to see Caddy clinging, then, to her deplorable home and hanging on her mother's neck with the greatest tenderness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- We all lodged together in the same deplorable pot-house. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Is not this deplorable situation due to the fact that the doctrine is itself merely told? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- That done, we feel the agitation is deplorable and can be ignored unless it becomes so obstreperous that we have to put it in jail. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Let us allow the deplorable fact to assert itself, once for all, in that manner, and pass on. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Some one whom I saw come in, and who, in a misguided and deplorable way, has deserted the house of a friend of mine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Jos came on purpose from the Star and Garter at Richmond, whither he retreated after the deplorable event. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And what kind of man, my Lady asks, was this deplorable creature? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There will be a deplorable scene, whenever we are married. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- If you have rash friends, moderate their deplorable ardour. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Deplorable and uncharacteristic fault! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am concerned for the condition of the learned world, which lies under such t deplorable ignorance in all these particulars. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Most deplorable to think of--but, still, suggestive of something hopeful, to a person of my experience in plying the good work. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was affected by his mistress's deplorable situation, and succeeded in preventing an outrageous denial of the epithet drunken on the footman's part. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Most deplorable! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Her position with her husband grows more and more deplorable and dangerous every day. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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