miserable

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英[ˈmɪzrəbl]
美[ˈmɪzrəbl]

基本释义

adj.
悲惨的; 令人痛苦的; 太少的; 卑鄙的

词性变化

实用例句

We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.

我们又冷又湿,难受极了。

牛津词典

Don't look so miserable!

别一副闷闷不乐的样子!

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She knows how to make life miserable for her employees.

她知道如何整治她的雇员。

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miserable housing conditions

恶劣的住房条件

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I spent a miserable weekend alone at home.

我独自一人在家度过了一个惨兮兮的周末。

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What a miserable day (= cold and wet) !

多么难受的一天呀!

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The play was a miserable failure .

这部话剧是个可悲的失败。

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He was a miserable old devil.

他真是个令人厌烦的老家伙。

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How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?

这么少的工资让人怎么活呀?

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They wandered around miserably.

他们可怜兮兮地走来走去。

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a miserably cold day

令人难受的寒冷天气

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He failed miserably as an actor.

作为演员,他败得很惨。

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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。

She went to bed, miserable and depressed.

她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。

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。

It was a grey, wet, miserable day...

那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。

It was very cold, damp and miserable.

天气非常寒冷潮湿,令人难受。

He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.

他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。

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。

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。

The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.

这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。

Her past life was miserable.

她过去的生活很苦.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

I always feel down when I see others accomplishing things and I feel miserable about my own achievements.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

All the forecasts, plans, and anticipations cited above have failed so miserably because their authors and promoters thought the transitions they hoped to implement would proceed unlike all previous energy transitions, and that their progress could be accelerated in an unprecedented manner.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. very unhappy; full of misery;

    "he felt depressed and miserable"

    "a message of hope for suffering humanity"

    "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

  • 2. deserving or inciting pity;

    "a hapless victim"

    "miserable victims of war"

    "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy

    "piteous appeals for help"

    "pitiable homeless children"

    "a pitiful fate"

    "Oh, you poor thing"

    "his poor distorted limbs"

    "a wretched life"

  • 3. of the most contemptible kind;

    "abject cowardice"

    "a low stunt to pull"

    "a low-down sneak"

    "his miserable treatment of his family"

    "You miserable skunk!"

    "a scummy rabble"

    "a scurvy trick"

  • 4. of very poor quality or condition;

    "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"

    "woeful treatment of the accused"

    "woeful errors of judgment"

  • 5. characterized by physical misery;

    "a wet miserable weekend"

    "spent a wretched night on the floor"

  • 6. contemptibly small in amount;

    "a measly tip"

    "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"

    "a paltry wage"

    "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

同义词辨析

miserable, wretched, unhappy, sorry

这些形容词均含"不幸的"之意。

  • miserable: 指因贫穷、不幸或屈辱等外部因素给人造成精神痛苦、烦恼或肉体折磨,令人同情和可怜。
  • wretched: 多指由于疾病、担忧、忧伤等造成的不幸和痛苦,在外表上显得沮丧、可怜、失望,语气比miserable强。
  • unhappy: 侧重指精神上的不快或失望。
  • sorry: 常作礼貌用词,表遗憾、婉惜。也指说话人表示同情、悲哀等,感情色彩较强。

同义词

反义词

adj.不幸的;悲哀的

happy

其他释义

happy

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