单词 | miserable |
释义 | miserable 1.(unhappy)+ person痛苦的;难过的 She went to bed, miserable and depressed.她难过而沮丧地上床睡觉了。 to make sb miserable使某人痛苦 I took a series of badly paid jobs which made me really miserable.我干了几份薪酬很低的工作, 痛苦极了。 to feel miserable感觉痛苦 I felt miserable after our stupid little row.我们愚蠢地吵了一小架, 过后我觉得很难受。 Rudolph felt depressed and miserable.鲁道夫觉得既沮丧又痛苦。 2.(bad-tempered)+ person脾气坏的;乖戾的 He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to anybody, not even to pass the time of day.他一向是个脾气乖戾的人, 从不和任何人讲话, 连招呼也不打。 I thought snooker players were miserable sods who rarely smiled even when high.我原以为斯诺克选手都是坏脾气的讨厌鬼, 他们甚至连高兴时也难得笑一下。 He can be a bit miserable sometimes.他有时候脾气会有点暴躁。 3.+ weather, day阴郁的;恶劣的 We had a few days of cold wet miserable weather.有几天我们这里的天气阴冷潮湿。 It was miserable and cold.天又阴又冷。 On a grey wet miserable day our teams congregated in Port Hamble.在一个阴沉灰暗、潮湿多雨的日子, 我们的团队聚集在汉布尔港。 4.(wretched)+ place, situation悲惨的;糟糕的;令人难受的 There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。 a miserable inner-city district一个糟糕的旧城地区 5.(paltry)小(或少、低)得可怜的 They donate a miserable seven million pounds a year.他们一年捐出少得可怜的700万英镑。 Our speed was a miserable 2.2 knots.我们的航速低到只有2.2节。 It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.迄今为止, 其从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。 6.<贬>(used as an intensifier)+ failure, coward(用以表示轻蔑)极大的, 彻底的 to be a miserable failure是个惨败 The film was a miserable commercial failure.这部电影在商业上一败涂地。 7.(squalid)肮脏的;邋遢的 miserable living conditions肮脏的生活条件 We took shelter in a miserable hovel where three old hags sat spinning.我们躲在一间肮脏不堪的小破房子里, 那里有3个丑老太婆正坐着纺线。 8.<苏格兰,新西兰,澳>(mean)小气的;吝啬的 |
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