| 单词 | wretched |
| 释义 | wretched (retʃɪd ) 1. adjective You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. [formal] These wretched people had seen their homes going up in flames. wretchedly adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed, ADVERB after verb] The country's 37 million people are wretchedly poor. ...prisoners living in wretchedly overcrowded conditions. wretchedness uncountable noun He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with. [informal, feelings] Of course this wretched woman was unforgivably irresponsible. Reality started to hit about four months after we had bought the wretched place. 3. adjective Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy. [formal] I feel really confused and wretched. The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry. Synonyms: unhappy, depressed, distressed, miserable wretchedly graded adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB after verb] His marriage was wretchedly unhappy. 'I made it all up,' she said wretchedly. wretchedness uncountable noun ...their shared wretchedness at Werner's death. 4. graded adjective If you describe something as wretched, you are emphasizing that it is very bad or of very poor quality. [formal, emphasis] What a wretched excuse. The pay has always been wretched. Synonyms: worthless, poor, sorry, miserable 5. graded adjective You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. [formal] You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve. Collocations: wretched conditions Hundreds of thousands of people still live in wretched conditions in the camps. Times, Sunday Times Miners, who spent all day in dark wretched conditions, ate everything that was given to them. Times, Sunday Times Uncertainty and wretched conditions have raised tensions. Times, Sunday Times It had however meant unremitting vigilance, constant patrolling (including many incursions across the river into enemy country) and frequent raids: all under the most wretched conditions of ground and weather. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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