misery 英 [ˈmɪzəri]   美 [ˈmɪzəri]

misery

misery  英 [ˈmɪzəri] 美 [ˈmɪzəri]

n. 痛苦,悲惨 

名词复数:miseries 

Fame brought her nothing but misery. 名声只给她带来了痛苦。
The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery. 这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。

  • Misery is a state of deep unhappiness or discomfort. It's not dropping your ice cream cone. It's having a hairy monster steal your ice cream cone, eat it in one bite, and then kidnap you and carry you off to his cave.
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  • n. 痛苦,悲惨
  • 1. Fame brought her nothing but misery.

    名声只给她带来了痛苦。

  • 2. The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.

    这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。

  • 3. the miseries of unemployment

    失业的痛苦

  • 4. Don't be such an old misery!

    别老这么牢骚满腹了!

  • misery (n.) late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning "condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress" is from 1530s. Meaning "bodily pain" is 1825, American English.
mis·ery / ˈmɪzəri ; NAmE ˈmɪzəri / noun ( plural mis·eries ) 1 [uncountable ] great suffering of the mind or body 痛苦;悲惨 SYN distress Fame brought her nothing but misery. 名声只给她带来了痛苦。 2 [uncountable ] very poor living conditions 穷困;悲惨的生活 SYN poverty The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery. 这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。 3 [countable ] something that causes great suffering of mind or body 不幸的事;痛苦的事 the miseries of unemployment 失业的痛苦 4 [countable ] ( BrE) ( informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining 老发牢骚的人;不痛快的人 Don't be such an old misery! 别老这么牢骚满腹了! IDIOMS make sb's life a ˈmisery to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy 使别人遭殃;让人痛苦 put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its ˈmisery to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated 结束动物的生命以解除其痛苦 put sb out of their ˈmisery ( informal) to stop sb worrying by telling them sth that they are anxious to know (告知情况以)消除某人的忧虑 Put me out of my misery—did I pass or didn't I? 别再让我着急了,我及不及格? misery miseries mis·ery / ˈmɪzəri ; NAmE ˈmɪzəri /
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