wretch
/retʃ/noun
1- 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?
那个可怜虫的死尸能告诉我们些什么吗？
1.1
- 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。
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.