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。
What's your excuse? When it comes to the sorry state of our finances, we've all got one.
说到为什么会陷入财务窘境，我们每个人都能想出个理由来。
FLAT on its back, feeble and growing weaker, the rich world's economy is in a sorry state.
发达国家的经济状况正处在一个尴尬的境地：看似平稳，但背后却是越来越脆弱和疲软。
Less titillating are Revelations about the sorry state of marriage across the United States.
披露出的美国婚姻状况令人遗憾但没那么让人兴奋。
With proper regulation, a kidney market would be a big improvement on the current, sorry state of affairs.
通过适当的规管，当前肾脏市场的可悲状态将有较大改善。
The popular view when discussing urban transportation in American cities today is to decry its sorry state.
人们议论起今天美国城市的交通，普遍都对其混乱不堪的状况持公开批评的观点。
The sorry state of irrigation systems results in only 45 per cent of the pumped water actually reaching the fields.
灌溉系统的状况是只有45%抽上来的水到达了田里。
Several factors had combined to bring about this sorry state of affairs. Services and rates were tightly regulated.
造成这种糟糕的局面是各方面因素综合作用的结果，首先铁路的服务和价格受到了严格的管制；
The boy rarely complained, even though his sorry state did not match the glorious fate about which he often daydreamed.
这个男孩儿很少抱怨，虽然他常常幻想自己将会有多么辉煌的命运，但是他当时的可怜境况与之相比简直是天壤之别。
This sorry state of affairs could last a long time; the economy has coordinated onto and, thus, settled into, a bad equilibrium.
这种可悲的状况可能会持续一段时间；经济上也会随之调整，因此，也可能出现恶性循环的气象。
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。
The motivation may have come from guides such as the Lonely Planet which noted the original Akapana pyramid, ransacked and eroded, "was in a rather sorry state".
该项目的最初灵感也许来自旅游指导书，诸如《LonelyPlanet》就提到过原来的阿卡帕纳金字塔，在遭遇到洗劫和岁月的腐蚀后，处于极其萧条的状态。
That so many policymakers are complicit in the sorry state of the nation's job market is risking a long-term, Japanese-like stagnation of dashed dreams and pinched opportunities.
国内的劳动市场正面临着长期的、像日本那样梦想破灭和机会匮乏式的可悲的停滞状态，但还有那么多的决策者们在这个问题上与他们串通一气。
If society has no standard of etiquette, the whole body will fall into a sorry state in which contact among social members will be disrupted by senseless impulsions and conflicts.
社会要是没有礼仪，就会陷入可悲的境地，而社会成员之间所必须的交往就会被无谓的冲动和纠纷所干扰。
In "Vekhi", an important self-reflecting book written in 1909, Sergei Bulgakov describes the sorry state of the intelligentsia, its conceit towards its own people, its lack of discipline and decency.
在1909年的《路标》这一重要的自省之作中，布尔加科夫描述了俄罗斯知识界的可悲现状，描写了他们对祖国人民的倨傲，以及他们的涣散与低俗。
I'm sorry for not waiting longer at Empire State Building.
我很抱歉没有在帝国大厦等得久一点。
Usher: Sorry, but I'm afraid not. And make sure to set your cellphone to vibrant state.
招待员：对不起，恐怕不行。另外，一定要把您的手机调成震动状态。
Assuming Liu's tale is true, it's a sorry commentary on the state of affairs in China's penal system.
如果说刘所讲的都是真的，那么中国的刑罚制度真是可悲。
US Secretary of State has said "sorry" for the death of the Chinese pilot, but Washington will not apologize for the incident.
美国国务卿对遇难的 遇难的中国飞行员表示遗 遇难的憾，但美国还是没有对这次事件表示道歉。
State that you're truly sorry. Swallowing a big gulp of humble pie is painful for many of us, Ward notes, because "we don't like feeling guilty, especially when we really didn't intend any harm."
沃德指出，低声下气对许多人来说都是件痛苦的事，原因是“我们不喜欢负罪感，特别是我们本来就根本不打算伤害别人的时候。
State that you're truly sorry. Swallowing a big gulp of humble pie is painful for many of us, Ward notes, because "we don't like feeling guilty, especially when we really didn't intend any harm."
沃德指出，低声下气对许多人来说都是件痛苦的事，原因是“我们不喜欢负罪感，特别是我们本来就根本不打算伤害别人的时候。
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