the wretchedness of sth
用于说明某事物悲惨的程度或性质。
The wretchedness of their living conditions shocked the visitors.
他们生活条件的悲惨令来访者震惊。
悲惨；苦难；不幸
精神或身体痛苦的悲惨状态。；长期不幸、贫困或痛苦的状态。；可怜
A state of great unhappiness, suffering, or prolonged misfortune.
精神或身体痛苦的悲惨状态。
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
长期不幸、贫困或痛苦的状态。
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
She could not bear the wretchedness of living alone in the cold.
她无法忍受独自生活在寒冷中的悲惨。
用法提示：wretchedness 是名词，指极度痛苦或不幸的状态。
His face showed the wretchedness he had endured for years.
他的脸显露出他多年来忍受的苦难。
用法提示：wretchedness 是名词，指长期的苦难或不幸。
The wretchedness of the situation finally made them ask for help.
处境的不幸终于使他们开口求助。
用法提示：wretchedness 作名词，表示令人痛苦的不幸处境。
用于说明某事物悲惨的程度或性质。
The wretchedness of their living conditions shocked the visitors.
他们生活条件的悲惨令来访者震惊。
常与 live、die 等动词搭配，用 in wretchedness 表示处于悲惨境地。
After losing his job, he lived in wretchedness for years.
失业后，他多年来生活在悲惨之中。
用定语从句具体说明苦难的来源或后果。
She described the wretchedness that followed the earthquake.
她描述了地震后随之而来的苦难。
grammar · medium
易错句子The war brought them many wretchedness.
正确表达The war brought them much wretchedness.
wretchedness 表示“悲惨、苦难”这一抽象状态时是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰；应改用修饰不可数名词的 much。
grammar · medium
易错句子The wretchedness of her childhood made her to leave home.
正确表达The wretchedness of her childhood made her leave home.
make 作使役动词时结构为 make + 宾语 + 动词原形，不带 to；汉语“使她离开”容易误导学习者加 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子He often complained about his wretchedness life.
正确表达He often complained about the wretchedness of his life.
wretchedness 是名词，不能像形容词一样直接放在 life 前作定语；应改用 the wretchedness of his life（或形容词 wretched life）来表达“他生活的悲惨”。
misery 更常指人实际承受的痛苦经历，可用作可数名词（如 the miseries of war、make sb's life a misery）；wretchedness 更像对一种凄惨状态的总称，强调处境既不幸又可怜，一般不用复数。
distress 多指由具体事件引起的、来得较急的内心痛苦或身体不适，也可指求救意义上的危难；wretchedness 指长期不幸与贫困交加的凄惨状态，不表示一时的不适。
squalor 只强调居住环境肮脏污秽，不涉及内心凄苦；wretchedness 既包括贫困匮乏，也包括精神上的痛苦，范围更大。
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