wretched
英语
编辑词源
编辑源自中古英語 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]
发音
编辑形容词
编辑wretched (比較級 wretcheder 或 more wretched,最高級 wretchedest 或 most wretched)
- 悲惨的,可悲的,不幸的
- 近義詞:dejected、(古旧或弃用) wretchful;亦參見Thesaurus:lamentable, Thesaurus: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”, 出自 BBC Sport[1],2023-01-27歸檔自原頁面:
- 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)
- 低贱的,卑微的
- The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
- 整条街都是衣衫褴褛的低贱乞丐。
- 无足轻重的,微不足道的
- 近義詞:trifling;亦參見Thesaurus:insignificant
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, 出自 Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos],第 598 頁:
- 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)
- 可鄙的,邪恶的,恶劣的
- 近義詞:參見Thesaurus:despicable
- (指天气) 讨厌的,不好的,令人不舒心的
- (非正式) 讨厌的,该死的 (表达某事物令自己讨厌)
衍生词汇
编辑相关词汇
编辑- 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)
词语搭配
编辑和名词
- wretched animal
- wretched being
- wretched city
- wretched condition
- wretched creature
- wretched excess
- wretched health
- wretched hive
- wretched hole
- wretched house
- wretched life
- wretched man
- wretched person
- wretched place
- wretched situation
- wretched slave
- wretched state
- wretched town
- wretched village
- wretched weather
- wretched woman
- wretched world
参考资料
编辑- ↑ “wrecched, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ “wrecche, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ “-ed, suf.(1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ 对比“wretched, adj.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,March 2023年; “wretched, adj.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.
延伸阅读
编辑- “wretched”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
- “wretched”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024年),“wretched”,《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)