very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people synonym appalling糟透的;令人震驚的;令人憤慨的 a deplorable incident 令人憤慨的事件 They were living in the most deplorable conditions. 他們生活在最糟糕的環境裏。 The acting was deplorable. 那演技糟透了。 We tried to forget the whole deplorable episode. 我們試圖忘記整個悲慘的一幕。 - It is deplorable that…
It is deplorable there is no legal protection for these children. 令人遺憾的是,這些兒童沒有法律保護。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeplorable is used with these nouns:- condition
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French déplorable or late Latin deplorabilis, from the verb deplorare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + plorare ‘bewail’.