单词乎

wretched

音标['retʃid]

汉语翻译

a. 可怜的, 不幸的, 卑鄙的

词型变化

名词:wretchedness 副词:wretchedly 形容词比较级:wretcheder 最高级:wretchedest 

词意辨析

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。

英语解释

形容词 wretched:

  1. of very poor quality or condition
    同义词:deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful
  2. characterized by physical misery
    同义词:miserable
  3. very unhappy; full of misery
    同义词:miserable, suffering
  4. morally reprehensible
    同义词:despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless
  5. deserving or inciting pity
    同义词:hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor

例句

  1. Please excuse this wretched apology for a meal.
    请包涵这顿不像样的饭菜。
  2. That wretched child I'll swing for him one of these days!
    那个讨厌的孩子--早晚得把我逼死。
  3. She looked wretched and forlorn, despairing of the arrival of a friend who had promised to meet her.
    她看上去又可怜又孤独,对于答应来看她的朋友的到来已不抱希望。
  4. He's a scurvy wretch.
    他是个卑鄙的家伙。
  5. The hotel food was absolutely wretched.
    那家旅馆的饭菜极差。
  6. He felt wretched after illness.
    他病后感到苦恼。

详细解释


wretch.ed

adj.(形容词)
wretch.ed.er,wretch.ed.est
In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable:
不幸的,悲惨的:因受压抑或遭遇不幸而处于情绪低沉状态中;不幸的:
例句:
.the wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages.(George Orwell)
.那些不幸的囚犯全挤在恶臭的牢笼里.(乔治·奥韦尔)

Characterized by or attended with misery or woe:
悲惨的:具有不幸或痛苦的特征的,或伴随不幸或痛苦的:
例句:
a wretched life.
悲惨的生活

Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
鄙陋的:具有穷困或卑鄙的性质;阴沉的:
例句:
a wretched building.
破旧的建筑

Contemptible; despicable:
卑鄙的:卑鄙的;恶劣的:
例句:
wretched treatment of the patients.
对病人草率的诊治

Of very inferior quality:
品质很差的:
例句:
wretched prose.
拙劣的散文


来源:
Middle English wrecched
中古英语 wrecched
from wrecche [wretch] * see wretch
源自 wrecche [卑鄙小人] *参见 wretch

【引伸】
wretch.edly
adv.(副词)
wretch.edness
n.(名词)

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