That will be a sorry state of affairs.

那将是一个遗憾的局面。

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The survey revealed a sorry state of affairs in schools.

那份调查揭示了学校里一种令人遗憾的情形。

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What a sorry state of affairs this is. And it's totally unnecessary. If only we had more air traffic controllers, this kind of thing wouldn't happen.

多么遗憾的事啊。事情本来不会这样的。要是我们有更多的空中交通管制员，这种事情就不会发生了。

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When Forbes or any other publications allow feminists respond with rebuttals because of political correctness, it is a sorry state of affairs.

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This sorry state of affairs obviously has repercussions for the Chinese economy and following on is a risk to the level of global growth.

FORBES: Chinese Real Estate Bubble Is Bursting