詞彙精選：wretched的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
不幸的，悲慘的，可憐的
例句：
You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
你靠從那些不賣房就得捱餓的可憐人手裏買下房子後建立起了龐大的房產帝國。
例句：
The wretched people rose in desperation against their rulers.
可憐的人們冒死起來反抗他們的統治者。
卑鄙的，惡劣的，討厭的
例句：
Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?
他想，可惡的女人，她怎麼就不能等一等呢？
例句：
Theft is something that really disgusts me. It makes me feel hateful towards this whole wretched island.
偷竊是讓我深惡痛絕的事情，它讓我對這整個該死的島都充滿仇視。
苦惱的，難受的
例句：
I feel really confused and wretched.
我覺得十分迷惘，難過極了。
例句：
The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry.
小女孩臉上痛苦的表情讓他很難受。
二、詞義辨析：
miserable,wretched,unhappy,sorry
這些形容詞均含“不幸的”之意。miserable指因貧窮、不幸或屈辱等外部因素給人造成精神痛苦、煩惱或肉體折磨，令人同情和可憐。wretched多指由於疾病、擔憂、憂傷等造成的不幸和痛苦，在外表上顯得沮喪、可憐、失望，語氣比miserable強。unhappy側重指精神上的不快或失望。sorry常作禮貌用詞，表遺憾、婉惜。也指說話人表示同情、悲哀等，感情色彩較強。
三、參考例句：
The wretched man lost all his money.
這個不幸的男人丟了所有的錢。
I feel really confused and wretched.
我真的感到迷惑和難過。
They are living in wretched poverty.
他們過着可憐的貧苦生活。
This aching tooth makes me feel wretched.
這一顆牙痛得我難受極了｡
The wretched people rose in desperation against their rulers.
可憐的人們冒死起來反抗他們的統治者。
The wretched man is the prisoner of his own greed.
這個壞傢伙完全被貪心所支配。
What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
他們在濟貧院裏過的生活真悲慘!
The wretched man has lost all his money.
這個不幸的男人丟了所有的錢。
They are in a defensive mood, as the wretched minaret vote shows.
可憐的宣禮塔投票顯示，他們正處在防禦狀態。
Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed?
那麼你就是判定我活着受罪,死後要受詛咒了?
