单词 | misery |
释义 | misery n 1 [U] great suffering or discomfort (of mind or body) (精神或肉体的)痛苦, 难受 suffer the misery of toothache 受牙痛之苦 living in misery and want, ie in wretched conditions and poverty 在穷困中生活 lead a life of misery 过悲惨的生活. 2[C usu pl 通常作复数] painful happening; great misfortune痛苦的事; 大不幸 the miseries of unemployment 失业的痛苦. 3 [C] (Brit infml 口) person who is always miserable and complaining 总发牢骚不痛快的人 It´s no fun being with you, you old misery! 你老发牢骚, 跟你在一起真没意思! 4 (idm 习语) make sb´s life a misery => life. put sb out of his `misery (a) end sb´s sufferings by killing him 杀死某人以结束其痛苦; 让某人一死百了. (b) (joc 谑) end sb´s anxiety or suspense 使某人不再担忧或疑虑 Put me out of my misery tell me if I´ve passed or not! 你就别让我受罪了--告诉我我及格不及格! put an animal, bird, etc out of its `misery end the suffering of an animal, etc by killing it 杀死某动物以结束其痛苦. |
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