1ADJ-GRADED 不幸的;可憐的;苦難的 You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. 不幸的;可憐的;苦難的 [formal] [formal]
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挨餓的可憐人手裏買下房子後建立起了龐大的房産帝國。
wretchedly
The country's 37 million people are wretchedly poor.
該國3,700萬人一貧如洗。
...prisoners living in wretchedly overcrowded conditions.
生活在擁擠不堪的環境中的囚徒
wretchedness
He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
經過這麽多苦難之後,他應該行點好運了。
2ADJ [ADJ n]討厭的;混賬的;該死的 You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with. 討厭的;混賬的;該死的 [informal, feelings]
Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?.
他想,可惡的女人,她怎麽就不能等一等呢?
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。
3ADJ-GRADED 苦惱的;難過的;哀傷的 Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy. 苦惱的;難過的;哀傷的 [formal]
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.