woe

n.悲哀,悲痛;[pl.]不幸,灾难

【简介】 Deep distress or misery 深深的痛苦或苦恼

【记忆】

1——趣味记忆

wo我，e饿→悲哀，不幸

2——图片记忆

Territory

地盘

This is Thomas’ territory and woe betide any other cat that enters.

这是托马斯的地盘，进入这个地盘的其他猫会倒霉。

【英英解释】

1 不幸；灾难
[plural] formal the problems and troubles affecting someone: the country's economic woes 【SYN】suffering,misfortune,calamity【OPP】weal

2 悲哀,悲痛
[uncountable] literary great sadness 【SYN】woefulness,regret,distress,grief,agony,anguish,misery,sorrow

【习惯用语】

weal and woe 祸福

share weal and woe 同甘苦，共患难

woe betide(vt.发生于) sb 某人将要遭殃, 某人将要倒霉

woe is me spoken humorous used to say that you are extremely unhappy or in a difficult situation

【例句与详解:】

读读下面的句子看看林林总总的悲哀不幸(woe)，我们可以引以为戒！

Woe to him that is alone.
孤独的人最苦恼。

Woe betide anyone who arrives late!
谁迟到谁倒霉！

Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath(=has) nothing.
亲帮亲，邻帮邻，无亲无助你倒霉。

The latter end of joy is woe．
乐极生悲。

Love's alternate joy and woe.
爱情就是交替的欢乐与痛苦。

Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short（打断, 缩减）as though by a wall.
当你不快乐时，你的思维陷入情感上的悲哀，你的眼界就像是被一道墙给阻住了。

Before getting married, he swore that he would share weal and woe with me but now, he abandoned me at a time when my health is threatening my life.
结婚前他发誓说要和我同甘苦，共患难的，可是在我病危之际他却抛弃了我。