Yet china 's education system is woefully inadequate .

不过中国的教育制度却严重不足。

The plant is so woefully damaged that tepco officials cannot say when the crisis will be over .

工厂受到如此严重的破坏，东京电力公司官员也难确认危机何时能够解除。

The british tax structure , with its thousand-odd reliefs and numerous tax rates , is woefully inefficient .

英国的税收结构因其中的千余种减税项目和高税率，效率严重低下。

Yet budgetary allocations to social welfare purposes remain woefully low .

不过，针对社会福利目的的财政拨款仍少得可怜。

The peripheral countries of europe are meanwhile stuck with woefully weak competitive positions and no easy adjustment mechanism .

与此同时，欧洲外围国家不幸地陷入了竞争力疲弱、同时没有轻松调整机制的境地。