woebegone

[US]/'wəʊbɪgɒn/
[UK]/'wobɪɡɔn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 愁眉苦脸的,不体面的

Example Sentences

don't look so woebegone, Joanna.

乔安娜,别看起来那么愁眉苦脸的。

a rundown, woebegone old shack.

一座破烂的、又旧又差的小木屋

Real-world Examples

No one has ever seen mice more woebegone than these.

从没见过比这些老鼠更愁眉苦脸的了。

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

She looked thunderstruck when she saw his woebegone face in the shadows of the drapery.

她在帘子后面看见他那张可怜的小脸,大吃一惊。

Source: Gone with the Wind

Harry had not seen him this close-up since his return to the school; he looked utterly woebegone.

自从他回到学校以后,哈利还没有在这么近的距离看到过他;他看上去愁容满面的。

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Her situation seemed so hopeless, so woebegone, as to baffle mortal power to relieve her.

她的处境似乎如此无望, 如此悲痛欲绝, 以致无法用凡人的力量来解救她。

Source: Monk (Part 2)

Gerald had begun to work himself up into a pleasurable shouting rage when something in Scarlett's woebegone face stopped him.

杰拉尔德正准备痛痛快快发泄一下心中的怒气,这时他看见思嘉满脸悲伤的神色,便止住了。

Source: Gone with the Wind

Her eyes that had been so sharp and bright now quite frequently held tears, and there was a woebegone look on her deeply-wrinkled face.

她那双曾经那么锐利、那么明亮的眼睛,现在却常常含着眼泪,她那布满皱纹的脸上显出一副愁眉苦脸的神色。

Source: American Elementary School English 5

The boy's real name was Romeo, but everyone called him Lamp-Wick, for he was long and thin and had a woebegone look about him.

这个男孩的真名叫罗梅奥,可大家都叫他“小灯芯”,因为他又高又瘦,愁眉苦脸的。

Source: The Adventures of Pinocchio

She did not tell them that it was utter boredom, bewilderment at actually being a mother and, most of all, the absence of Ashley that made her look so woebegone.

她没有告诉他们说,那是因为她对于做母亲一事感到非常厌烦和十分困恼,最重要的是因为艾希礼走了,才使她显得这亲愁苦不堪。

Source: Gone with the Wind

He looked woebegone and yet ridiculous, like a man who has fallen into the water with all his clothes on, and, being rescued from death, frightened still, feels that he only looks a fool.

他的样子凄苦不堪,但又那么滑稽,好象一个穿得衣冠齐楚而失足落水的人被打捞上来以后仍然心怀余悸,生怕别人拿他当笑话看。

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Puncturing her tire near Summer Street, and it being mended while she sat very woebegone in that pretty churchyard, she saw to her astonishment, a door open opposite and the younger Emerson man come out.

她在夏街附近刺破了轮胎, 当她坐在那个漂亮的教堂墓地里非常忧郁地修理轮胎时, 她惊讶地看到对面有一扇门打开, 年轻的爱默生男人走了出来。

Source: The Room with a View (Part Two)

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