sadly

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sad·ly /ˈsædli/ adverbadv

1 SAD/UNHAPPYin a way that shows that you are sad 伤心地，悲伤地 SYN unhappily

Peter shook his head sadly.

彼得难过地摇摇头。

2 [sentence adverbadv]PITY/IT'S A PITY unfortunately 不幸地；说来遗憾

Sadly, the business failed.

很遗憾，这家企业经营失败了。

3 very much – used when talking about bad situations or states 极为，非常〔用于谈到不好的情形或状态〕

The garden’s been sadly neglected.

这座花园已经完全荒芜了。

Good restaurants were sadly lacking.

好饭店少得可怜。

He was a popular man who will be sadly missed.

他人缘很好，大家都会非常想念他。

I’m afraid you’re going to be sadly disappointed.

恐怕你要大失所望了。

If you think you’ll get any money from him, you’re sadly mistaken.

如果你认为自己可以从他那里拿到点钱，你就大错特错了。

Examples from the Corpus

sadly• Sadly, Anne suffered from emotional problems most of her life.• The man nodded sadly as though Hicks represented a mode of behavior with which he was wearily familiar.• Nick made a start at restoring the ravaged wreck, but sadly died before much was done.• Along with her husband, she escaped to Britain in 1938 but, sadly, her marriage failed.• From Tuesday weekly newspapers may be left with a burden which, sadly, many will be unable to carry.• Sam looked sadly out the window.• Alice was rushed to hospital, but sadly she died two hours later.• There are also, sadly, some which are not so beneficial.• Sadly, this fine old theatre was destroyed by fire in 1993.• Low wages are sadly typical in service industries.• This was all legal and proper, but in the execution of this work things went sadly wrong.

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