英:['retʃɪdnəs]
美:['retʃɪdnəs]
英:['retʃɪdnəs]
美:['retʃɪdnəs]
词根:wretch
adj.wretched 可怜的;卑鄙的;令人苦恼或难受的
adv.wretchedly 鄙劣地;可怜地
n.wretch 可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人
adjective
deeply afflicted, dejected, or distressed in body or mind
extremely or deplorably bad or distressing a wretched accident
was in wretched health
being or appearing mean, miserable, or contemptible
dressed in wretched old clothes
very poor in quality or ability : inferior
wretched workmanship
Middle English wrecched, expansion (with -ed -ed >entry 1) of wrecche, adjective, in same sense, going back to Old English wrecc, derivative from the base of wræcca, wrecce "exile, stranger, despicable person" — more at wretch
The first known use of wretched was in the 12th century
wriggle1 of 2verb
to twist or move to and fro like a worm : squirm wriggle one's toes
wriggle in one's chair
to move along by twisting and turning
the eel wriggled its way upstream
wriggle2 of 2noun
a short or quick twisting motion
a formation or marking having a winding or twisting course or appearance
wretchedadjective
very miserable or unhappy
causing misery or distress
that wretched accident
deserving of hatred or disgust
a wretched trick
very poor in quality or ability
wretched work
1 Cranston is terrific, alarming in his wretchedness and magnetic in his triumph.
2 That might tempt more Indians to leave the wretchedness of the reserves.
这可能吸引更多的印第安人脱离保留区的悲惨境遇。
3 “Shallow and self-absorbed. The change in appearance reveals the tragic side of that mind-set. Vanity curdles into misery. They become spiteful and jealous, wallowing in wretchedness.”
4 The wretched and the brave, and such is Saunders’s magnificent portraiture that readers will recognize in this wretchedness and bravery aspects of their own characters as well.
5 Students in Taiwan are free of such wretchedness.
6 There was a feeling of wretchedness on his face.
他的脸上有一种不幸的感觉。2。悲惨;痛苦。
7 Friends, there exists on this planet a delicate balance, a balance between good and evil, righteousness and wretchedness, crime and punishment.
8 Having evaded wretchedness, the gay young man making up his shining life in the city is one of civilization’s wonders, and Édouard Louis is a new, inspiring real-life example of such transfiguration.
9 The sawdust on the pit’s floor becomes a symbol of all the wretchedness and violence Gaza and his father inflict on their human cargo, and casually shrug off.
10 Her wretchedness made him feel miserable.
她的不幸让他感到十分难受。
11 They gave him ample opportunity, it seems, through their ongoing wretchedness, to stand up for you.
12 “I do not think it will,” stopping to look once more at all the outward wretchedness of the place, and recall the still greater within.
13 And what of owner Mark Ogren, who arrived from America this week just in time to witness the wretchedness conclude.
14 How did we get into this wretched state of affairs?
15 "It's tough to imagine a figure who is more emblematic of the everyday wretchedness of the Trump era than Laura Loomer," Southern Poverty Law Center senior investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden told Salon.
16 As unreliable as Moshfegh’s narrators are, as unstable, insecure and full of hate, they are also hellbent on pulling themselves out of their wretchedness, on saving themselves.
17 It is a sequence filled with desperate dancing, which perfectly captures the wretchedness of the experience "Needless Talents" is meant to evoke.
18 And she saw the other's life, and it was sorrow and distress, horror, and wretchedness.
她又看那另一个生命:它是忧愁和平困、苦难和悲哀的化身。
19 Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness.
20 A worthy member of that emerging tradition, Mr Orange offers much more than a tour through the wretchedness he describes.
1 痛苦
unhappy miserable distressed aching pained miserably excruciatingly pain suffering distress sting wrench ache misery woe affliction unhappiness pang afflict
2 可怜
poor miserable pathetic wretched pitiful deplorable abject affecting pitiable piteous lachrymose miserably pathetically pitifully lamentably wretchedly plaintively piteously sorriness sorrow pity