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

• From year to year the child grew, and so did her wretchedness.
  年复一年，孩子长大了，她的苦难也增加了。
• 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。
• 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。
• I knew the wretchedness of human being, and unhelpful, time is more valuable for everyone than any other things.
  我知道可怜的人，和无益的，时间是更有价值，每个人比其他任何东西。
• 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。
• Certainly our world is home to assorted disturbing and unsettling creatures, but every dawn seems to bring news of more wretchedness we must endure as a people.
  诚然我们的世界生存着各种令人烦扰不安的生物，然而每个破晓似乎都带来更多悲惨的消息，作为人类我们不得不忍耐。
• To meet the needs of this conflict, wretchedness has invented a language of combat, which is slang.
  为了适应这种斗争的需要，穷人便发明了一种战斗的语言，这便是黑话。
• 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。
• He nodded repeatedly as if carried away by wretchedness and frustration.
  老者连连的点头，似乎有无限的感慨与牢骚。
• Wine and tobacco seemed to have a special attraction for him, for he felt they were inexpensive yet from them he could surely draw comfort and the strength to struggle on, forgetting his past wretchedness.
  烟，酒，现在仿佛对他有种特别的诱力，他觉得这两样东西是花钱不多，而必定足以安慰他；使他依然能往前苦奔，而同时能忘了过去的苦痛。