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

• 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。
• Everywhere they went, they were confronted by poverty and wretchedness.
  无论去哪里，他们都会遇到贫穷和不幸。
• He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
  他从来不用不合时宜的谈话，去扰乱她痛苦的心灵。
• That might tempt more Indians to leave the wretchedness of the reserves.
  这可能吸引更多的印第安人脱离保留区的悲惨境遇。
• This breath encounters heads which speak, brains which dream, souls which suffer, passions which burn, wretchedness which howls, and bears them away.
  这风碰到有思想的头脑、虚幻的念头、痛苦的灵魂、炽烈的情感和呼号的苦难，并把这些一齐带走。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Slack seasons and wretchedness were unknown.
  失业和苦难都已消灭。
• From year to year the child grew, and so did her wretchedness.
  年复一年，孩子长大了，她的苦难也增加了。