- (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。
- (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。
Word OriginOld English wrecca (also in the sense ‘banished person’), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke ‘warrior, hero’, also to the verb wreak.