misery
misery
英[ˈmɪzəri]美[ˈmɪzəri]
n.痛苦,不幸,穷困,悲惨的境遇;
复数:miseries;
例句
The actress is asking the court to protect her from an obsessive fan who is making her life a misery.那个女演员要求法庭保护,使她不再受那个把她的生活搞得一团糟的痴狂影迷的骚扰。
Every moment of the fashion industry’s misery is richly deserved by the designers and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation.时装工业每一个痛苦的时刻都是完全应该被时装设计师们…和那些使这种荒诞创造永久化的杂志懦夫领受。
You old misery!你这个爱抱怨的老家伙!
The family lived in misery for several years.这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。
The child's misery tore my heart.这小孩的悲惨境遇使我很伤心。
Empathy for the criminal’s childhood misery does not imply exoneration of the crimes he committed as an adult.对罪犯悲惨的童年表示怜悯不等于可以免除他长大成人后所犯的罪。
Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
He bears misery best who hides it most.*会隐瞒痛苦者,乃是*善忍受痛苦人。出自:英语谚语
Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.落难时不择伙伴。出自:英语谚语
Misery loves company.同病相怜。出自:英语谚语
英语六级真题
It is our greatest misery in life.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文the French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, "and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries
出自-2012年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
苦难;痛苦;不幸
Misery is great unhappiness.
例句
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。...the miseries of his youth.他年轻时遭受的不幸N-UNCOUNT
穷困;悲惨的境遇
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
例句
A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.一小撮受过良好教育的精英分子从他们200万同胞的贫苦生活中获取利益。N-COUNT
牢骚满腹者;爱抱怨的人
If you say that someone is a misery, you are critical of them because they are always com-plaining.
例句
I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.我现在已经不喜欢抱怨了。几年之前我戒了酒,整个人就大不一样了。PHRASE
使生活痛苦;使日子不好过
If someone makes your life a misery, they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy.
例句
...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.弄得我们日子不得安宁的那几帮孩子PHRASE
(告诉某人其急于想知道的事)消除…的忧虑
If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.
例句
Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?别让我着急了。你是怎样做的?PHRASE
将(动物)人工致死以结束其痛苦
If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.
英汉词典释义
n.
痛苦, 苦恼, 苦难
The family lived in misery for several years.这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。痛苦的事, 不幸
I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment.我正为失业而痛苦。常发牢骚的人
You old misery!你这个爱抱怨的老家伙!穷困;悲惨的生活
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune;
"the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"2. a feeling of intense unhappiness;
"she was exhausted by her misery and grief"