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

• Wretchedness beauty of "south". Turn an of eye to become ruins.
  可怜美丽的阿“南”。转眼之间成废墟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Slack seasons and wretchedness were unknown.
  失业和苦难都已消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。