wretchedness

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• Everywhere they went, they were confronted by poverty and wretchedness.
  无论去哪里，他们都会遇到贫穷和不幸。
• Slack seasons and wretchedness were unknown.
  失业和苦难都已消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.
  我们应该勉力保持自己的心开放于受苦和不幸的人，也要不继地祈求天主赐予我们怜悯别人的精神，因为这才是真正的天主的精神。
• 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。
• 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。
• I sobbed: I was beyond regarding self-respect, weighed down by fatigue and wretchedness.
  我抽泣着，我已经顾不得自尊心了，我的自尊心已经被疲劳和狼狈压倒了。