deplorable
/dəˈplɔɹəb(ə)l/ 形容词 C1中文： 可叹的、可耻的、糟糕透顶的
- To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable. · We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son.
- Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. · Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement.
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For that reason I turned away from you this evening when you upset my books, for I was in danger at the time, and any show of surprise and emotion upon your part might have drawn attention to my identity and led to the most deplorable and irreparable results.
You are aware, sir, of the deplorable condition of my husband’s father?”
Once past the frontier, Andrea proposed making money of his diamonds; and by uniting the proceeds to ten bank-notes he always carried about with him in case of accident, he would then find himself possessor of about 50,000 livres, which he philosophically considered as no very deplorable condition after all.
Prior to Bazalgette's brilliant intervention, recurrent outbreaks of cholera had repeatedly devastated the city, thriving in the deplorable sanitary conditions of early industrialization.
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