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单词 wretched
释义
wretched
adjective
uk
/ˈretʃ.ɪd/us
/ˈretʃ.ɪd/

wretchedadjective(BAD QUALITY)

C2
unpleasantor oflowquality:
苦恼的；不幸的；质量差的
a wretchedchildhood不幸的童年
Thepeoplelivein wretchedconditions, with norunningwater.人们的居住条件非常糟糕，没有自来水。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not of good quality
  • a miserable, poor, etc. excuse forsomethingidiom
  • apology
  • appallingly
  • atrocious
  • atrociously
  • awfully
  • awfulness
  • badness
  • downscale
  • inadequacy
  • inadequate
  • inadequately
  • janky
  • shite
  • tacky
  • tawdriness
  • tawdry
  • thinness
  • third-class
  • third-rate
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Serious and unpleasant
Feeling sad and unhappy

wretchedadjective(FEELING BAD)

C2
veryillor veryunhappy:
病得厉害的；不愉快的
IthinkI must be coming down withflu- I've beenfeelingwretched allday.我觉得我准是得流感了——我一整天都很不舒服。
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Not fit & healthy
  • ailing
  • be at death's dooridiom
  • bed
  • clinically obese
  • complain ofsomething
  • critical list
  • deconditioned
  • gaunt
  • hollow
  • hollow-eyed
  • rough
  • sick
  • sickly
  • unhealthily
  • unwell
  • unwholesomeness
  • wabbit
  • wan
  • wanly
  • worn
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Feeling sad and unhappy

wretchedadjective(ANNOYING)

UK
used toexpressangerwhen somethingannoyinghappens:
（表示憎恶）讨厌的，该死的
My wretched car'sbrokendown again.我那该死的车又抛锚了。
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Expressions of anger
  • ay
  • bally
  • beg
  • biscuit
  • blast
  • blasted
  • bloody
  • dash
  • drat
  • egad
  • fie
  • flaming
  • flip
  • flipping
  • la
  • marry
  • need
  • precious
  • put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!idiom
  • rats
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wretchedness
(Definition ofwretchedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wretched| American Dictionary

wretched
adjective
us
/ˈretʃ·ɪd/
unhappyorextremelysad:
Helookedsoilland wretched as hespokethat he made mefeelwretched myself.
Somethingdescribedas wretched is verybador ofpoorquality:
Workerslivedin wretched,overcrowdedshacks.
(Definition ofwretchedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Two decades of neoliberal economic policies had done little to alleviate thewretchedliving conditions of the poor.
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Transported over distances as great as 600 kilometres, prospective settlers endured the samewretchedconditions as did the men of the second portion and other labour conscripts.
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There is not a singlewretchedman in thiswretchedplace along with me who does not stand in symbolic relations to the very secret of life.
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Awretchedinspector will first of all be asked to make inquiries.
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Meanwhile, thewretchedpublic, rich and poor, old and young, pregnant or paralysed, get it in the neck either way.
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Therefore, the tendency is to squeeze thewretchedlandowner, who may be large, or even small as in my constituency.
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Therefore, when the notice is served, there is an end of thewretchedpolicies in these cases.
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Thewretchedpart of it was that at the magistrates' court one could not cross-examine the author of the report because she was not there.
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I have never been accosted by thesewretchedpeople more often than in the past fortnight.
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Suppose there were no regulations in force for the time being, then thewretchedapplicant will not be able to make any objection at all.
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If they are neglected it will cause the standard of life to remain at its presentwretchedand depressed level.
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With housing repairs, there is anotherwretchedscandal.
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As a result, manywretchedand insanitary basements have been used.
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Thewretchedlocal authorities do not know from one month to another how many sites they will require.
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Do not just read thiswretcheddepartmental brief.
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