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

• The soldier's actions were deplorable.
  这士兵的行动是可悲的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is high time we put an end to the deplorable practice of food contamination.
  我们早该杜绝食品污染这种遭谴责的做法。
• His self-reproach arose from the deplorable event in Wimpole Street.
  温波尔街发生的痛心事件引起了他的内疚。
• I like most of the things about him, with the exception of his rather deplorable taste in firearms.
  我对他的很多地方都非常喜欢，除了他相当可悲的枪械品味。
• It is common knowledge that the traffic situation there is deplorable.
  那里的交通情况可悲可叹是尽人皆知的。
• This is a deplorable error.
  这是令人悲叹的错误。
• 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。