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单词

wretched

读音
ˈretʃɪd
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英式
词根

"Wretched" 的词根是 -retch,并无特别的意思。从这个词根衍生出来的其他单词没有明显的共性。

释义

adj. 可怜的;卑鄙的;令人苦恼或难受的

例句

She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
她最后同意用药结束这头可怜的动物的生命。
You look wretched—what's wrong?
你看起来愁眉苦脸的,怎么啦?
Is it that wretched woman again?
这又是那个该死的女人吧?

强化记忆

可以联想到其发音近似的词"retched"(呕吐),帮助记忆"wretched"是描述某种负能量的词,含有负面的意味。"Wretched" 在中古英语中为“wrecched", 源自古英语中的 "wrecce", 意为"放逐者"或"流浪者", 引申为"不幸的"或"可怜的"。

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to pause for a moment,you wretched weaklings,and take stock of your miserable existence.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
The courage to stand with other vagabonds in the street,with all the wretched of the earth,to form an army of the least of these,
(Laughter)Bit of a wretched genre of literature, really,going on about how amazing everyone in the household is,
and ask them to talk me through itwhile I try to push those wretched 41 buttons.What can we do to improve the lives of the elderly
所属分类

专升本-自考,专四专八,其他

所在词典

各省专升本英语N合1,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)