sorriness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being sorry; regret. uncountable
  2. Worthlessness; wretchedness. uncountable
    — His friend, Mr. Smith, thought that "a sorry farmer on a sorry farm is a sorry sight." Bill hardly attained that level of sorriness.

词源

From Middle English sorinesse, from Old English sāriġnes, from Proto-West Germanic *sairaganassī, *sairīganassī; equivalent to sorry + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian searigens (“soreness, tenderness”).
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