1 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 苦恼的;痛苦的 If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. 苦恼的;痛苦的
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I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.
我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。
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She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
SYN sad, down, low, depressed
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (地方、形势)令人难受的，令人抑郁的 If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed. (地方、形势)令人难受的，令人抑郁的
SYN dreary, bleak, desolate, sorry
3 ADJ-GRADED (天气)阴郁的，令人苦恼的 If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull. (天气)阴郁的，令人苦恼的
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It was a grey, wet, miserable day.
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
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It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。
SYN unpleasant, wet, rainy, stormy
4 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的 If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly. 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的
SYN sullen, sour, moody, grumpy
5 ADJ 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的 You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be. 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的 [emphasis]
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Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。
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It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
迄今为止，从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
SYN pathetic, low, sorry, disgraceful
6 ADJ [ADJ n] （失败）悲惨的，彻底的 A miserable failure is a very great one. （失败）悲惨的，彻底的 [emphasis]
| Thesaurus | miserable Also look up: |
| ADJ. | unhappy 1 unfortunate, wretched 2 |
| Word Link | miser ≈ wretched : commiserate, miser, miserable |
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