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wretched

英['retʃɪd] 美['rɛtʃɪd]
  • adj. 可怜的;卑鄙的;令人苦恼或难受的

英英释意


1. of very poor quality or condition;
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
2. characterized by physical misery;
"a wet miserable weekend"
"spent a wretched night on the floor"
3. very unhappy; full of misery;
"he felt depressed and miserable"
"a message of hope for suffering humanity"
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
4. deserving or inciting pity;
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"