Sharon felt badly hurt when she found out that James had been criticizing her behind her back.Sharon se sintió muy herida cuando se enteró de que James la había estado criticando a sus espaldas.
he did badly in his examslos exámenes le fueron mal;things are going badlylas cosas van mal;we came off badly in the dealsalimos mal parados del negocio;badly made/written/designedmal hecho/escrito/diseñado;to sleep badlydormir mal
he was badly injuredestaba gravemente herido;they were badly beaten(in contest)sufrieron una seria derrota;(physically)les dieron una paliza tremenda;to be badly mistakenestar muy equivocado;it was a gamble that went badly wrongse corría un riesgo y salió muy mal;the building was badly damaged in the explosionen la explosión el edificio resultó muy dañado
3(unfavourably)
to speak/think badly of sbhablar/pensar mal de algn;to reflect badly on sbdejar mal a algn
nobody will think badly of you if you decide not to take part
"how did he take it?" — "badly"—¿qué tal se lo tomó? —fatal
4(wrongly)
to treat sb badlytratar mal a algn;to behave badlyportarse mal
the children behaved very badly
5(very much)[+want, need]
badly-needed medical suppliesmedicamentos (m) que se necesitan desesperadamente
I am badly in need of advice
it badly needs paintinghace mucha falta pintarlo;he badly needs helpnecesita ayuda a toda costa;they badly wanted a childestaban desesperados por tener un niño
he badly wanted to see her again
we badly need another assistantnos hace muchísima falta otro ayudante
I want it badlyI need the money badly
6
to be badly off(poor)andar or estar mal de dinero
/he was not badly off/ but had his sister's child to support as well as his own familyhow can politicians claim that Britain is so badly off when we have North Sea oil and gas?
we are badly off for coalandamos mal de carbón
at a disadvantage
you're not that badly off, you only have to work 20 hours a weekno estás tan mal, solo tienes que trabajar 20 horas por semana
the average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off