1.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。
2.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。
3.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；
4.The sorry state of Japan's economy and its government finances have been center stage through the campaign.
日本经济及政府财政状况不佳一直是竞选的中心问题。
5.Less titillating are revelations about the sorry state of marriage across the United States.
美国人自己婚姻的糟糕状况则不那么令人感到兴奋。
6.The sorry state of small entrepreneurs contrasts sharply with the west's prevailing view that China is now a capitalist haven.
小企业主的可怜状况，与西方盛行的、认为中国是资本家安居之地的观点，形成了鲜明对照。
7.For this sorry state of affairs, Cuba's authorities have long blamed the United States' trade embargo.
古巴当局一直将国家的这种囧境怪罪于美国的贸易禁运。
8.Several factors had combined to bring about this sorry state of affairs.
产生如此凄凉形势，有多方面原因。
9.Rich countries have deservedly taken much of the blame for the sorry state of the Doha round.
多哈谈判会陷进这种可怜的境地，发达国家当然要负大部分责任。
10.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。