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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- poorly ['puəlɪ]
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1.
adjective
[inf]
(ill) 身体不适的
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2.
adverb
[+designed, paid, furnished, educated etc]
不足地
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3.
adverb
[play, sell, perform+]
糟糕地
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1.
adjective
[inf]
(ill) 身体不适的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- poorly ['pυəlɪ]
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1.
adv
in a poor way or manner; badly
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2.
adj
[usually postpositive]
[informal]
in poor health; rather ill
- she's poorly today
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1.
adv
in a poor way or manner; badly
Examples
- a poorly assorted pair
- 非常不相配的一对 → assorted
- a stock that pays poorly
- 收益很差的股票 → pay
- thought poorly of it
- 对它无好感 → poorly
- a mine that has yielded poorly
- 一个生产差的矿井 → yield
- There is a serious problem of ineffective education in inner city schools due to fearful and unenthusiastic teachers and poorly motivated students.
- 旧城区的学校教育质量低劣、问题严重，主要是因为教师忧虑忡忡、热情不高，学生积极性也不够高。
- to be well/poorly informed
- 见多识广的/孤陋寡闻的 → informed
- badly {or} poorly paid
- [+person] 拿低薪的 → paid
- to live poorly → live
- she's poorly today → poorly
- 字写成这样，是因为毛笔不好。
- It was all because my brush was no good that I wrote the characters so poorly. → 是
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