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

• Slack seasons and wretchedness were unknown.
  失业和苦难都已消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is the same with wretchedness as with everything else.
  穷困和其他事物是一样的。
• Here life offered nothing but sordidness and wretchedness, both of flesh and spirit;
  这里的生活除了灵与肉的肮脏和悲惨，什么也提供不了。
• 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。
• A wife will care for, help, share every minute of happiness and wretchedness with her husband.
  一个妻子会关心、帮助、分享她丈夫的每分钟快乐与不幸。
• 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。