1. 不幸的;可憐的;苦難的 You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences.
e.g. You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve. 你靠從那些不賣(mài)房就得挨餓的可憐人手里買(mǎi)下房子后建立起了龐大的房產(chǎn)帝國。
wretchedly The country's 37 million people are wretchedly poor. 該國3,700萬(wàn)人一貧如洗。 ...prisoners living in wretchedly overcrowded conditions. 生活在擁擠不堪的環(huán)境中的囚徒wretchedness He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness. 經(jīng)過(guò)這么多苦難之后,他應該行點(diǎn)好運了。
2. 討厭的;混賬的;該死的 You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with.
e.g. Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?... 他想,可惡的女人,她怎么就不能等一等呢? e.g. Theft is something that really disgusts me. It makes me feel hateful towards this whole wretched island. 偷竊是讓我深?lèi)和唇^的事情,它讓我對這整個(gè)該死的島都充滿(mǎn)仇視。
3. 苦惱的;難過(guò)的;哀傷的 Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy.
e.g. I feel really confused and wretched... 我覺(jué)得十分迷惘,難過(guò)極了。 e.g. The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry. 小女孩臉上痛苦的表情讓他很難受。
wretchedly His marriage was wretchedly unhappy... 他的婚姻很不幸福。 'I made it all up,' she said wretchedly. “這都是我編出來(lái)的?!彼y過(guò)地說(shuō)。wretchedness ...their shared wretchedness at Werner's death. 他們對沃納之死共同的哀傷
4. 惡劣的;低劣的 If you describe something as wretched, you are emphasizing that it is very bad or of very poor quality.
e.g. What a wretched excuse... 多么拙劣的借口! e.g. The pay has always been wretched. 薪水總是少得可憐。