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词源

源自中古英語 wrecched (经历悲惨的;可悲的,不幸的,不高兴的;贫困的;低贱的;可怜的人) [以及其他形式][1],源自wrecche (经历悲惨的;可悲的,不幸的,不高兴的;贫困的;低贱的;可鄙的,恶劣的,邪恶的;小气的;无足轻重的)[2](源自晚期古英語 wrecc,源自古英語 wreċċa (被驱逐者),最终源自原始印歐語 *wreg- (跟;猎)) + -ed (构成形容词的后缀)[3] 英语词可作wretch (已弃用形容词,与本词同义) +‎ -ed (构成形容词的后缀)分析。[4]

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形容词

wretched (比較級 more wretched最高級 most wretched)

  1. 悲惨的,可悲的,不幸
    近義詞:dejected(古旧或弃用) wretchful;亦參見Thesaurus:lamentableThesaurus:sad
    I felt wretched after my wife died.
    我妻子死了以后我痛不欲生
    • Template:RQ:Whetstone Rocke of Regard
    • Template:RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It
    • Template:RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies
    • Template:RQ:Thomson Autumn
    • Template:RQ:Radcliffe Udolpho
    • Template:RQ:Southey Joan of Arc
    • Template:RQ:Gorky Shirazi Creatures
    • 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. 低贱的,卑微
    The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
    整条街都是衣衫褴褛的低贱乞丐。
    • Template:RQ:Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress
    • Template:RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol
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    • Template:RQ:Dostoevsky Hogarth Underworld
    • Template:RQ:Dostoevsky Garnett White Nights
    • Template:RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp
  3. 无足轻重的,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,邪恶的,恶劣
    近義詞:參見Thesaurus:despicable
    • Template:RQ:De Quevedo L'Estrange Visions
  5. (指天气) 讨厌的,不好的,令人不舒心
  6. (非正式) 讨厌的,该死表达某事物令自己讨厌
    近義詞:damnedbloodyblastedbleeding
    Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!
    你能不能别吹你的长号了。
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衍生词汇

相关词汇

  • ratchet (形容词)
  • wretch
  • wretchful (古旧或弃用)
  • wretchlessly (弃用)
  • wretchlessness (弃用)
  • wretchless (弃用)
  • wretchock (英国方言)

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