词汇精选：wretched的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

不幸的，悲惨的，可怜的

例句：

You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.

你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。

例句：

The wretched people rose in desperation against their rulers.

可怜的人们冒死起来反抗他们的统治者。

卑鄙的，恶劣的，讨厌的

例句：

Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?

他想，可恶的女人，她怎么就不能等一等呢？

例句：

Theft is something that really disgusts me. It makes me feel hateful towards this whole wretched island.

偷窃是让我深恶痛绝的事情，它让我对这整个该死的岛都充满仇视。

苦恼的，难受的

例句：

I feel really confused and wretched.

我觉得十分迷惘，难过极了。

例句：

The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry.

小女孩脸上痛苦的表情让他很难受。

二、词义辨析：

miserable,wretched,unhappy,sorry

这些形容词均含“不幸的”之意。miserable指因贫穷、不幸或屈辱等外部因素给人造成精神痛苦、烦恼或肉体折磨，令人同情和可怜。wretched多指由于疾病、担忧、忧伤等造成的不幸和痛苦，在外表上显得沮丧、可怜、失望，语气比miserable强。unhappy侧重指精神上的不快或失望。sorry常作礼貌用词，表遗憾、婉惜。也指说话人表示同情、悲哀等，感情色彩较强。

三、参考例句：

The wretched man lost all his money.

这个不幸的男人丢了所有的钱。

I feel really confused and wretched.

我真的感到迷惑和难过。

They are living in wretched poverty.

他们过着可怜的贫苦生活。

This aching tooth makes me feel wretched.

这一颗牙痛得我难受极了｡

The wretched people rose in desperation against their rulers.

可怜的人们冒死起来反抗他们的统治者。

The wretched man is the prisoner of his own greed.

这个坏家伙完全被贪心所支配。

What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!

他们在济贫院里过的生活真悲惨!

The wretched man has lost all his money.

这个不幸的男人丢了所有的钱。

They are in a defensive mood, as the wretched minaret vote shows.

可怜的宣礼塔投票显示，他们正处在防御状态。

Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed?

那么你就是判定我活着受罪,死后要受诅咒了?