wretchedness
n. 可憐,悲慘
You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences.
You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
你靠從那些不賣房就得捱餓的可憐人手裡買下房子後建立起了龐大的房產帝國。
You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with.
Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?...
他想,可惡的女人,她怎麼就不能等一等呢?
Theft is something that really disgusts me. It makes me feel hateful towards this whole wretched island.
偷竊是讓我深惡痛絕的事情,它讓我對這整個該死的島都充滿仇視。
Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy.
I feel really confused and wretched...
我覺得十分迷惘,難過極了。
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。
If you describe something as wretched, you are emphasizing that it is very bad or of very poor quality.
What a wretched excuse...
多麼拙劣的藉口!
The pay has always been wretched.
薪水總是少得可憐。
1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune;
He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
經過這麼多苦難之後,他應該行點好運了。
But, oh, the wretchedness of being forced this way!
可是這樣被騙認輸太讓人難堪了!
But hunger and wretchedness rise superior to fears in the long run.
可是從長遠的角度來說害怕是次要的,主要的問題是飢餓和疲乏.
He nodded repeatedly as if carried away by wretchedness and frustration.
老者連連的點頭,似乎有無限的感慨與牢騷.
Hunger and wretchedness rise superior to fears in the long run.
到了後來,飢餓和疲憊終於戰勝了恐懼.