wretchedness

英 ['retʃɪdnəs] 美 ['retʃɪdnəs]

• n. 可怜；悲惨

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune;

   "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
   

2. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant;

   "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"
   "the grey wretchedness of the rain"
   

3. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry;

   "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness.
   他在其悲惨方面创下了无人企及的纪录。
2. 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。

词汇搭配

• wretched 可怜的

近反义词

【近义词】

• grief 悲痛
• hell 地狱
• oppression 压抑
• misery 痛苦
• woe 悲哀
• unhappiness 忧愁
• dejection 沮丧
• desolation 荒芜
• miserableness 可怜