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

• 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 seems deplorable to allow this state of affairs to continue to exist.
  看来允许这样的情形继续存在是糟糕的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many of them live under deplorable conditions
  他们中很多人的生活条件极其恶劣。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The service at the restaurant was simply deplorable.
  餐馆的服务质量简直糟糕透了。