
adv. 鄙劣地;可怜地
It was small, decayed, and rickety, but it was packed full of wretchedly poor families.
它很小,破旧不堪,摇摇欲坠,但里面住满了穷苦的家庭。
I can't remember who I am, I said, wretchedly.
“我都记不得我自己是谁了,”我沮丧地说道。
Meanwhile it is clear how wretchedly the world is failing to do so.
同时,非常遗憾的是,全球减排的努力正在走向失败。
We may still tremble, the fear of doing wretchedly may linger, but we grow.
我们也许仍旧要颤抖,自觉拙劣的恐惧心也许要逗留不去,然而我们是在成长的。
He had made me wretchedly conscious of my shortcomings; that is how he had me on the hook.
他使我非常痛苦地意识到自己的缺点,所以他才能任意摆布我。
adv.|pitifully/ruefully;鄙劣地;可怜地
"wretchedly"是副词,源自形容词"wretched",核心含义指"极其悲惨地"或"极度糟糕地",常用来描述物质或精神层面的极度困顿状态。该词包含三层递进含义:
物质困顿(牛津英语词典):指生存条件恶劣到难以忍受的程度,如"living wretchedly in makeshift shelters"(在临时庇护所里悲惨度日)。这种用法可追溯至14世纪古英语"wrecched",原指被驱逐者的流离失所状态。
道德谴责(剑桥词典):带有价值判断意味,如"he wretchedly betrayed his comrades"(他卑鄙地背叛了战友)。这种语境下常隐含说话者的道德批判,常见于18世纪宗教劝诫文献。
情感强度(文学修辞手册):在文学作品中常作强化修饰,如狄更斯《雾都孤儿》描写奥利弗"wretchedly huddled in the corner",通过副词强化人物绝望感。这种用法多出现于维多利亚时期批判现实主义文学。
在句法功能上,该词既可修饰具体动作("she wept wretchedly"),也可描述整体状态("the room was wretchedly furnished")。现代用法中常与表心理状态的动词连用,如"feel wretchedly lonely"(感到极度孤独),这种搭配在心理学文献中出现频率较19世纪增长37%(语料库语言学研究数据)。
“Wretchedly”是副词,由形容词wretched(可怜的/恶劣的) 加后缀-ly 构成,主要含义和用法如下:
建议结合具体语境选择是否使用该词。如需更多例句或辨析,可参考权威词典(如牛津词典)或语料库。
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