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| /ˈmɪzəri/ |
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| 1 | U the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable 苦恼；痛苦；苦难 |
| Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery. 我们的人民已经遭受了巨大的苦难。 |
| The heatwave brought traffic misery to thousands. 热浪给数以千计的人的出行带来不便。 |
| in misery Children were living in misery, without housing, school, or clinics. 孩子们生活在苦难中，没有住房、学校或诊所。 |
| | 1a | C something that causes people to suffer or be unhappy 使人痛苦的事物；使人苦恼的事物 | | He wasn’ t prepared for the physical miseries of prison. 他对艰苦的监狱生活没有思想准备。 | |
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| 2 | C BRITISH informal someone who is always complaining or in a bad mood 老发牢骚的人；心情不好的人 |
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| - | make sb’ s life a misery
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| to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period |
| 使某人的日子难过 |
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| He had harassed her and made her life a misery. 他骚扰她，让她的日子不好过。 |
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| - | put sb/sth out of their misery
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| 1 | to end the life of an animal that is suffering 杀死某动物以结束其痛苦 |
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| 2 | humorous to tell someone something they are very keen to know , so that they stop worrying about it （告诉某人急切了解的事）使某人不再担忧 | Oh, come on, put me out of my misery. Who is he? 噢，好了，别卖关子了。他是谁？ | |
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