The business is in a sorry state.

公司境况真是糟糕。

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The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state.

大火使科威特的石油工业陷入糟糕的境地。

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That will be a sorry state of affairs.

那将是一个遗憾的局面。

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When the rescued orangutans first arrive, they are often in a sorry state and riddled with diseases.

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Even without an extra blow in Saxony-Anhalt, the Christian Democrats at national level are in a sorry state.

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When Folz took over four years ago, Peugeot was in a sorry state.

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