an unfortunate or unhappy person 不幸的人,可怜的人,苦恼的人 can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?. 那具可怜的死尸能把一切都告诉我们?。 ■(informal)a despicable or contemptible person (非正式)无耻之徒,恶棍,坏蛋 ungrateful wretches. 忘恩负义的混蛋。
语源
Old English wrecca (also in the sense 'banished person'), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke 'warrior, hero', also to the verb wreak