woes [ plural ] formal big problems or troubles困难;灾难;不幸
The country has been beset by economic woes for the past decade.过去十年来这个国家一直受到经济困难的困扰。
Unusually poor harvests have added to the country's woes.罕见的歉收加剧了该国的灾难。
[ U ] literary extreme sadness悲伤;悲哀
Her face was lined and full of woe.她满脸皱纹,一副悲伤的表情。
He told me a real tale of woe about how he had lost both his job and his house in the same week.他给我讲了自己真实的不幸遭遇,是关于他如何在一周内既失去工作又失去房子的。