wretched
英 ['retʃɪd]
美['rɛtʃɪd]
- adj. 可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的
词态变化
副词: wretchedly;名词: wretchedness;
英英释意
- 1. of very poor quality or condition;
- "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
- "woeful treatment of the accused"
- "woeful errors of judgment"
- 2. characterized by physical misery;
- "a wet miserable weekend"
- "spent a wretched night on the floor"
- 3. very unhappy; full of misery;
- "he felt depressed and miserable"
- "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
- "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
- 4. deserving or inciting pity;
- "a hapless victim"
- "miserable victims of war"
- "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- "piteous appeals for help"
- "pitiable homeless children"
- "a pitiful fate"
- "Oh, you poor thing"
- "his poor distorted limbs"
- "a wretched life"
英文词源
- wretched (adj.)
- c. 1200, wrecched, an irregular formation from wrecche "wretch" (see wretch). Also see wicked. Related: Wretchedly; wretchedness.
同义词辨析
miserable, wretched, unhappy, sorry
这些形容词均含"不幸的"之意。
miserable： 指因贫穷、不幸或屈辱等外部因素给人造成精神痛苦、烦恼或肉体折磨，令人同情和可怜。
wretched： 多指由于疾病、担忧、忧伤等造成的不幸和痛苦，在外表上显得沮丧、可怜、失望，语气比miserable强。
unhappy： 侧重指精神上的不快或失望。
sorry： 常作礼貌用词，表遗憾、婉惜。也指说话人表示同情、悲哀等，感情色彩较强。
实用场景例句
- You look wretched─what's wrong?
- 你看起来愁眉苦脸的，怎么啦？
牛津词典
- I felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
- 事情落了这么个结局，我感到很难受。
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- She had a wretched time of it at school.
- 她上学时的日子十分难熬。
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- The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions.
- 这些动物的饲养条件极其恶劣。
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- She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
- 她最后同意用药结束这头可怜的动物的生命。
牛津词典
- Is it that wretched woman again?
- 这又是那个该死的女人吧？
牛津词典
- You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
- 你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?...
- 他想，可恶的女人，她怎么就不能等一等呢？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Theft is something that really disgusts me. It makes me feel hateful towards this whole wretched island.
- 偷窃是让我深恶痛绝的事情，它让我对这整个该死的岛都充满仇视。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I feel really confused and wretched...
- 我觉得十分迷惘，难过极了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry.
- 小女孩脸上痛苦的表情让他很难受。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- What a wretched excuse...
- 多么拙劣的借口！
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The pay has always been wretched.
- 薪水总是少得可怜。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The wretched souls of those who lived Without or praise or blame.
- 既得不到赞扬又听不到责备的人是不幸的.
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- Their wretched life constitutes a sharp contrast to the luxury of the rich.
- 他们的悲惨生活和富人的奢侈生活形成强烈的对比.
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- It will ruin your life and make wretched your destiny.
- 它将会毁掉你的生活,让你的人生苦不堪言.
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- The hotel food was absolutely wretched.
- 那家旅馆的饭菜极差.
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- It was dark, it was dank. And it was full of a wretched stench.
- 黑暗, 潮湿, 又充满了恶臭.
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- Comparison, more than reality, make men happy or wretched.
- 使人感到幸福与不幸的与其说是现实, 还不如说是比较.
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- Leave my castle alone , you wretched tin man.
- 离开我的城堡, 你这个肮脏的锡兵.
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- She came in and sat down at her place , feeling exceedingly wretched.
- 她进来后,坐在自己的位子上,很伤心.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Its financial condition was wretched.
- 它的财政状况很糟糕.
辞典例句
- To be pleased with one is limits is a wretched state.
- 满足现状,不思进取是一件可悲的事情.
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- He is feeling wretched today because of the rain.
- 因为下雨,他今天情绪很不好.
辞典例句
- Those words drive me to intercede for these wretched souls who are false teachers.
- 经上的话驱使我为这些假师傅将亡的灵魂代求.
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- They are wretched cowards.
- 他们是讨厌的胆小鬼.
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