wretchedness

英

美

网络  不幸; 悲惨; 可怜

BNC.35098 / COCA.33025

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
  1. he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
• the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
  1. the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
  2. the grey wretchedness of the rain
• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  1. the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
  Synonym:miserymiserableness

双语例句

• Wine and tobacco seemed to have a special attraction for him, for he felt they were inexpensive yet from them he could surely draw comfort and the strength to struggle on, forgetting his past wretchedness.
  烟，酒，现在仿佛对他有种特别的诱力，他觉得这两样东西是花钱不多，而必定足以安慰他；使他依然能往前苦奔，而同时能忘了过去的苦痛。
• This man, in his attire, as in all his person, realized the type of what may be called the well-bred mendicant,& extreme wretchedness combined with extreme cleanliness.
  那人，从他的服装和神气看去，是极其穷苦而又极其整洁的，可以说是体现了人们称为高等乞丐的那一种。
• He nodded repeatedly as if carried away by wretchedness and frustration.
  老者连连的点头，似乎有无限的感慨与牢骚。
• I did learn about the wretchedness of abandoned wives, single mothers, widows, but I also learned about the wretchedness of lone men.
  我了解被被遗弃的妻子、单身的母亲以及寡妇很可怜，可我也知道孤身的男人同样很悲哀。
• And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
  你这样待我，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你立时将我杀了，不叫我见自己的苦情。
• I sobbed: I was beyond regarding self-respect, weighed down by fatigue and wretchedness.
  我抽泣着，我已经顾不得自尊心了，我的自尊心已经被疲劳和狼狈压倒了。
• It is the same with wretchedness as with everything else.
  穷困和其他事物是一样的。
• 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。
• Such was the color of her wretchedness.
  这就是她凄惨困苦的情状。
• From year to year the child grew, and so did her wretchedness.
  年复一年，孩子长大了，她的苦难也增加了。