wretched

英语

词源

源自中古英语 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]，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”)（源自晚期古英语 wrecc，源自古英语 wreċċa (“被驱逐者”)，最终源自原始印欧语 *wreg- (“跟；猎”)） + -ed (构成形容词的后缀)。 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。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɹɛt͡ʃəd/

• （通用美式）音频：

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• 断字：wretch‧ed

形容词

wretched (比较级 wretcheder 或 more wretched，最高级 wretchedest 或 most wretched)

1. 悲惨的，可悲的，不幸的

   近义词：dejected、(古旧或弃用) wretchful；亦参见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
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   • 2011年4月11日, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 – 0 Man City”, 出自 BBC Sport‎^[1]，2023-01-27归档自原页面:

     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。

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2. 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。

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3. 无足轻重的，微不足道的

   近义词：trifling；亦参见Thesaurus:insignificant

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, 出自 Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos]，第 598 页:

     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.

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4. 可鄙的，邪恶的，恶劣的

   近义词：参见Thesaurus:despicable

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5. (指天气) 讨厌的，不好的，令人不舒心的
6. (非正式) 讨厌的，该死的 （表达某事物令自己讨厌）

   近义词：damned、bloody、blasted、bleeding

   Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!

   你能不能别吹你的破长号了。

衍生词汇

• wretchedly
• wretchedness

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)

 

词语搭配

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

延伸阅读

• “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）