Word · Frequency #25245
wretchedly
可怜地；鄙劣地；差劲地
核心释义
in a miserable or very bad manner
- 1.
可怜地；悲惨地。
In a wretched manner.
可怜地；悲惨地。；可怜地；鄙劣地；差劲地
用法In use
After the storm, many families lived wretchedly in temporary shelters.
用法提示：wretchedly 作副词修饰 lived，表示“可怜地、悲惨地”。
He performed wretchedly in the exam because he had not slept the night before.
用法提示：wretchedly 作副词修饰 performed，表示“差劲地”。
She looked at the abandoned puppy wretchedly and decided to take it home.
用法提示：wretchedly 作副词修饰 looked，表示“可怜地”。
wretchedly + adj.
wretchedly 在此加强形容词的负面程度，表示“非常、极其”，常与 poor、ill、unhappy 等词连用。
They were wretchedly poor and had nowhere to sleep.
他们穷困潦倒，连睡觉的地方都没有。
verb + wretchedly
wretchedly 放在动词后作方式状语，描述动作以可怜或糟糕的方式进行。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wretchedly poor
- 极其贫穷的；可怜巴巴的
- The refugee camps were wretchedly poor and overcrowded.难民营极其贫穷，拥挤不堪。
- wretchedly ill
- 病得很重；病得可怜
- She looked wretchedly ill and could barely walk.她看上去病得很重，几乎走不动路。
- wretchedly inadequate
- 严重不足的；差劲得不行的
- The government's response to the crisis was wretchedly inadequate.政府对该危机的回应极其不力。
- wretchedly cold
- 冷得难受的；冰冷刺骨的
- The prison cells were wretchedly cold in winter.冬季牢房里冷得令人难受。
- wretchedly underpaid
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 wretch（可怜虫）加副词后缀 -ly：一个衣衫褴褛的人在雨中发抖，活得 wretchedly（可怜地）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、书面叙述 wretchedly 多用于书面语和文学描写，口语中较少单独使用；表达“可怜地”或“很差地”时，日常会话常改用 badly 或 sadly。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -edly 结尾，词尾均读 /-ɪdli/，与 wretchedly 的后缀读音一致；但因重音和前面元音不同，它们并不与 wretchedly 构成完整押韵。注意：-edly 中的 -ed- 常读 /ɪd/，不要按拼写读成 /ed/，如 markedly 读 /'mɑːrkɪdli/，而 marked 读 /mɑːrkt/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.