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wretched

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英語

詞源

源自中古英語 wrecched (經歷悲慘的;可悲的,不幸的,不高興的;貧困的;低賤的;可憐的人) [以及其他形式][1],源自wrecche (經歷悲慘的;可悲的,不幸的,不高興的;貧困的;低賤的;可鄙的,惡劣的,邪惡的;小氣的;無足輕重的)[2](源自晚期古英語 wrecc,源自古英語 wreċċa (被驅逐者),最終源自原始印歐語 *wreg- (跟;獵)) + -ed (構成形容詞的後綴)[3] 英語詞可作wretch (已棄用形容詞,與本詞同義) +‎ -ed (構成形容詞的後綴)分析。[4]

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形容詞

wretched (比較級 more wretched最高級 most wretched)

  1. 悲慘的,可悲的,不幸
    近義詞:dejected(古舊或棄用) wretchful;亦參見Thesaurus:lamentableThesaurus:sad
    I felt wretched after my wife died.
    我妻子死了以後我痛不欲生
    • Template:RQ:Whetstone Rocke of Regard
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    • Template:RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies
    • Template:RQ:Thomson Autumn
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    • 2011年4月11日,Phil McNulty,「Liverpool 3 – 0 Man City」, in BBC Sport[1],存檔自the original on 2023-01-27:
      Mario Balotelli replaced [Carlos] Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯
  2. 低賤的,卑微
    The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
    整條街都是衣衫襤褸的低賤乞丐。
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    • Template:RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol
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  3. 無足輕重的,微不足道
    近義詞:trifling;亦參見Thesaurus:insignificant
    • 1922 February,James Joyce,「[Episode 16: Eumaeus]」, in Ulysses,Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC, part III [Nostos],598:
      All those wretched quarrels, in his humble opinion, stirring up bad blood – bump of combativeness or gland of some kind, erroneously supposed to be about a punctilio of honour and a flag, – were very largely a question of the money question which was at the back of everything, greed and jealousy, people never knowing when to stop.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯
  4. 可鄙的,邪惡的,惡劣
    近義詞:參見Thesaurus:despicable
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  5. (指天氣) 討厭的,不好的,令人不舒心
  6. (非正式) 討厭的,該死表達某事物令自己討厭
    近義詞:damnedbloodyblastedbleeding
    Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!
    你能不能別吹你的長號了。
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衍生詞彙

相關詞彙

  • ratchet (形容詞)
  • wretch
  • wretchful (古舊或棄用)
  • wretchlessly (棄用)
  • wretchlessness (棄用)
  • wretchless (棄用)
  • wretchock (英國方言)

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