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

• One member called Chen and told him the country was in a deplorable condition.
  一位成员打电话给陈岩说整个国家的处境很悲惨。
• 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。
• 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。
• I find the media's growing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.
  我发现媒体越来越沉湎于淫秽下流和耸人听闻的题材，这实在可悲。
• But many other people regard his actions as deplorable.
  但是，还有很多人认为他的行为应当受到谴责。
• 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。
• It's deplorable that many a youngster has fallen victim to the use of drugs.
  不少青年成了毒品的受害者这一事实很是可悲。
• I think smoking is a deplorable habit.
  我想吸烟是个坏习惯。
• While defense secretary Leon Panetta is branding the video utterly deplorable, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agrees.
  而国防部长里昂帕内塔对此视频的观点却完全令人遗憾，而美国国务卿希拉里克林顿则表示赞同。
• He has offered a few anodyne words about deplorable and unacceptable behaviour.
  默多克用几个不痛不痒的词，表达了对这种令人愤慨和不可接受的行为的谴责。