1. Their own techniques was at this time woefully imperfect. 当时,他们本身的技术也低得可怜。
2. We were woefully outmatched in numbers in this new mortal weapon of the air. 在飞机这个新的决定性的武器方面,我们在数量上却处于可悲的落后状态。
3. Some Christians have a woefully inadequate view of God's will – that if they feel peace doing something, it is God's will (it is the right thing to do). 不少基督徒对于神的旨意的认识非常缺乏–他们认为﹐只要感觉心里平安/舒服﹐就是神的旨意了(就是正确的选择了)。