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

• 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。
• The plea was that of a gaunt-faced man of about thirty, who looked the picture of privation and wretchedness.
  求乞的是一个30左右的男人，脸色消瘦憔悴，一副穷困凄惨的模样。
• 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。
• Their society can afford no pleasure that will atone for such wretchedness as this!
  跟他们做朋友虽然能够获得愉快，可是实在抵偿不了这种难堪的局面。
• Thus wretchedness, think that I am wretchedness but you can not understand.
  看不懂却说我可怜，如此可怜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。