wretch
noun /retʃ/
/retʃ/
- (literary) a person that you feel sympathy for or are sad about
不幸的人；可怜的人 - a poor wretch
可怜的人 - The poor wretch has lost his mother.
这个可怜的人失去了母亲。
- a poor wretch
- (often humorous) an evil, unpleasant or annoying person
恶棍；坏蛋；无赖；无耻之徒 - The little wretches have splashed water all over the bathroom.
那些小坏蛋把水溅了浴室一地。
- The little wretches have splashed water all over the bathroom.
词源Old English wrecca (also in the sense ‘banished person’), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke ‘warrior, hero’, also to the verb wreak.