wretch

wretch

英音 [retʃ] 美音 [rɛtʃ]


基本翻译或解释:

n. 不幸的人;可怜的人;恶棍;坏蛋

词源相关:

复数: wretches

详细解释:

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。

用法与例句:

The little wretch is only nineteen .
那个小坏蛋还只有十九岁。
That sav 'd a wretch like me !
像我这样一个可怜虫!
What will happen when the poor wretch retires ?
等那个可怜的家伙退休了又该怎么办?
That wretch is hitting on my girl .
那个混蛋竟然骚扰我女朋友。
But the wall was slowly covered by the faces and stories of victims of violence , and I , miserable wretch , had to read them all .
然而那面墙上又渐渐布满了暴力事件受害者的面容和他们的故事,而我这个可怜虫,非要把他们读个遍。
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