解释
- n. 可怜的人，不幸的人；卑鄙的人
※ 提供单词"wretch"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
wretch 不幸的人，可怜的人，恶棍，坏蛋
来自古英语wrecca,被流放者，被驱逐者，来自PIE*wreg,驱使，赶出，词源同urgent,wreck。原用来指恶棍，坏蛋，后也指不幸的人，可怜的人。
英文词源
- wretch (n.)
- Old English wrecca "wretch, stranger, exile," from Proto-Germanic *wrakjon "pursuer; one pursued" (cognates: Old Saxon wrekkio, Old High German reckeo "a banished person, exile," German recke "renowned warrior, hero"), related to Old English wreccan "to drive out, punish" (see wreak). "The contrast in the development of the meaning in Eng. and German is remarkable" [OED]. Sense of "vile, despicable person" developed in Old English, reflecting the sorry state of the outcast, as presented in Anglo-Saxon verse (such as "The Wanderer"). Compare German Elend "misery," from Old High German elilenti "sojourn in a foreign land, exile."
例句和用法
- 1. Before the poor wretch had time to speak, he was shot.
- 这个可怜的人还没来得及开口就中了枪。
- 2. Oh, what have you done, you wretch!
- 噢，你都干了些什么，你这个混蛋！
- 3. You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.
- 你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹.
- 4. The miserable wretch lost his all.
- 这个贱骨头失去了他的一切.
- 5. What would she do about that ? The confounded wretch!
- 这样一来,她会采取什么步骤呢?
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹