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

• And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
  你这样待我，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你立时将我杀了，不叫我见自己的苦情。
• A third contributory cause was the economic wretchedness, internal decay and falling population of the Roman Empire.
  第三个促成因素是恶劣的经济情况，罗马帝国内部衰弱，人口减少。
• Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation.
  谦逊使人升上光荣与力量的顶峰，骄傲则使人堕入邪恶与卑微的深渊。
• It is the same with wretchedness as with everything else.
  穷困和其他事物是一样的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus wretchedness, think that I am wretchedness but you can not understand.
  看不懂却说我可怜，如此可怜。
• 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。
• 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。