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deplorably

/dih-plawr-uh-buhl, -plohr-/US // dɪˈplɔr ə bəl, -ˈploʊr- //UK // (dɪˈplɔːrəbəl) //

可悲的是,令人遗憾的是,遗憾的是,可叹的是

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
    • : causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad: This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable manners!

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Examples

  • Mach was “un bon mecanicien,” Einstein said bitterly, but a “deplorable philosophe.”

  • In most cases he is deplorably curt of speech and brusque of deportment.

  • That's really not my case—I find my capacity for pleasure deplorably below the mark I've set.

  • How deplorably and unaccountably evanescent are our frames of mind, as various as the forms and hues of the summer clouds!

  • She had spoken of her to her aunt, who had again shown herself deplorably illiberal and incisive.

  • Clumps of sea-weed and paper-balls are thrown at ALF, who by this time is looking deplorably warm and foolish.