deplorable

英 [dɪˈplɔːrəbl]

美 [dɪˈplɔːrəbl]

adj.  糟透的; 令人震惊的; 令人愤慨的

Collins.1 / BNC.18417 / COCA.17599

牛津词典

adj.

• 糟透的；令人震惊的；令人愤慨的
  very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people
  1. a deplorable incident
     令人愤慨的事件
  2. They were living in the most deplorable conditions.
     他们生活在最糟糕的环境里。
  3. The acting was deplorable.
     那演技糟透了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 糟糕的;恶劣的;应受谴责的
  If you say that something isdeplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
  1. Many of them live under deplorable conditions...
     他们中很多人的生活条件极其恶劣。
  2. The Chief Constable said that sexual harassment was deplorable.
     郡警察局长说性骚扰应受谴责。

英英释义

adj

• bad
  1. my finances were in a deplorable state
  2. a lamentable decision
  3. her clothes were in sad shape
  4. a sorry state of affairs
  Synonym:distressinglamentablepitifulsadsorry
• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  1. a criminal waste of talent
  2. a deplorable act of violence
  3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
  Synonym:condemnablecriminalreprehensiblevicious
• of very poor quality or condition
  1. deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
  2. woeful treatment of the accused
  3. woeful errors of judgment
  Synonym:execrablemiserablewoefulwretched

双语例句

• It is deplorable that anyone should come between a child and its parents.
  如果有人想离间孩子和父母，那将是可悲的。
• The soldier's actions were deplorable.
  这士兵的行动是可悲的。
• I think smoking is a deplorable habit.
  我想吸烟是个坏习惯。
• The dark flip side of this openness to the new is a deplorable indifference to preserving the old.
  与欣然接受新事物相对立的是对保护古迹漠不关心，反映了休斯敦黯淡可悲的另一面。
• Yesterday morning I met a deplorable car accident.
  昨天早晨我见到了一场不幸的意外车祸。
• It is high time that we should urge an immediate end to this deplorable phenomenon.
  该是到立即结束这种可悲现象的时候了。
• The service at the restaurant was simply deplorable.
  餐馆的服务质量简直糟糕透了。
• The matter in your essay is good but the style is deplorable.
  你文章的内容很好，但是体裁太糟糕了。
• An inescapable logic led me to connect these particular abuses to a whole deplorable system.
  按照逻辑，我必然会将这些个别弊端与整个可悲的制度联系在一起。
• Many of them live under deplorable conditions
  他们中很多人的生活条件极其恶劣。