| 单词 | misery |
| 释义 | miserymis·e·ry /ˈmɪzəri/ ●●○ S3 noun (plural miseries) 1 [countableC, uncountableU]SUFFER great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick 痛苦，困苦，苦难 What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale. 我们在这里所目睹的情景是许许多多的人都生活困苦。 the misery of unemployment 失业的痛苦 the miseries of war 战争造成的苦难 2 [countableC, uncountableU]SAD/UNHAPPY great unhappiness 愁苦，悲苦 She looked away so that Tom wouldn’t see her misery. 她扭过头去，不让汤姆看到自己的痛苦。 His face was a picture of sheer misery (=great unhappiness, with no other emotion). 他一脸的愁苦。 The news plunged him into abject misery (=extreme unhappiness). 这消息让他陷入极度痛苦之中。 3 make somebody’s life a misery British EnglishBrEPROBLEM to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life 使某人的日子不好过，使某人的生活充满痛苦 Competitive mothers can make their daughters’ lives a misery. 母亲争强好胜会使女儿日子不好过。 Examples from the Corpus make somebody’s life a misery• The roadworks are making their lives a misery.• Circuit judge John Lee, 65, told a court that all men suffer because women enjoy making their lives a misery.• My supervisor has made my life a misery.• It makes my life a misery.• Why did they have to make his life a misery?• She really was making his life a misery.• In Dinny's code, if you beat some one in a fight you made their life misery for as long as possible. 4 put something/somebody out of their misery a) informalWORRIED# to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear 使某人不再着急[担心]〔尤指通过告诉其想了解之事〕 Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner. 说吧，别让他们着急了，宣布谁是获胜者吧。 b) KILLto kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering 结束某动物的痛苦〔指杀死患病或受伤的动物〕 SYN put down I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery. 我想你应该让这可怜的东西结束痛苦。 5 [countableC] British EnglishBrE spokenCOMPLAIN someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything 满腹牢骚的人 Don’t be such a misery. 别埋怨个没完。 What’s the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this)? 你怎么了，牢骚包？ Examples from the Corpus misery• Don't invite her. She's such a misery!• The high interest rates caused misery for millions of people.• I was tagging along, comforting a man in misery until he started teaching.• The second half brought more misery.• Stop grumbling, you old misery.• Being paid was sheer misery for many.• He talked openly about the misery of his marriage.• The shattering plate might as well have struck him, for the pain and the misery on his face.• The flight from the countryside has compounded the misery of the urban poor, traditionally the bedrock of Sandinista support.• We cannot ignore the misery of the people in this country who are forced to live on the streets.• You're just bringing all this misery on yourself.• It started with a sore throat and became a week of total misery.• Some children spent their entire schooldays in unrelieved misery.• Morris further believed that forcing anyone to be active during the contemplative phase, or vice versa, causes utter misery. abject misery• For the first three years he endured abject misery.• But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery. (1300-1400) Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; → MISER |
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