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。
• The poverty and wretchedness I saw around me.
  我看到的周围的贫穷和不幸。
• 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。
• To meet the needs of this conflict, wretchedness has invented a language of combat, which is slang.
  为了适应这种斗争的需要，穷人便发明了一种战斗的语言，这便是黑话。
• Certainly our world is home to assorted disturbing and unsettling creatures, but every dawn seems to bring news of more wretchedness we must endure as a people.
  诚然我们的世界生存着各种令人烦扰不安的生物，然而每个破晓似乎都带来更多悲惨的消息，作为人类我们不得不忍耐。
• This breath encounters heads which speak, brains which dream, souls which suffer, passions which burn, wretchedness which howls, and bears them away.
  这风碰到有思想的头脑、虚幻的念头、痛苦的灵魂、炽烈的情感和呼号的苦难，并把这些一齐带走。
• I knew the wretchedness of human being, and unhelpful, time is more valuable for everyone than any other things.
  我知道可怜的人，和无益的，时间是更有价值，每个人比其他任何东西。
• Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation.
  谦逊使人升上光荣与力量的顶峰，骄傲则使人堕入邪恶与卑微的深渊。
• A third contributory cause was the economic wretchedness, internal decay and falling population of the Roman Empire.
  第三个促成因素是恶劣的经济情况，罗马帝国内部衰弱，人口减少。
• He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
  他从来不用不合时宜的谈话，去扰乱她痛苦的心灵。