miserable
- adj.（人）痛苦的，苦恼的，流露（或显示）痛苦的;悲惨的，可悲的，可叹的;可怜的;不幸的;蹩脚的，糟糕的，拙劣的;贫困的;卑劣的，卑鄙的，可耻的;肮脏的，邋遢的;令人难受（或痛苦）的;小（或少、低）得可怜的
- n.遭受苦难的人;不幸的人;极度贫困的人
派生词： miserably adv.
miserableadj.
痛苦的；非常难受的；可怜的
very unhappy or uncomfortable
We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.
我们又冷又湿，难受极了。
Don't look so miserable!
别一副闷闷不乐的样子！
She knows how to make life miserable for her employees.
她知道如何整治她的雇员。
使难受的；使不舒服的；令人不快的
making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable
miserable housing conditions
恶劣的住房条件
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。
What a miserable day (= cold and wet) !
多么难受的一天呀！
The play was a miserable failure .
这部话剧是个可悲的失败。
乖戾的；脾气严峻
always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly
He was a miserable old devil.
他真是个令人厌烦的老家伙。
太少的；少得可怜的
too small in quantity
How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?
这么少的工资让人怎么活呀？
They wandered around miserably.
他们可怜兮兮地走来走去。
a miserably cold day
令人难受的寒冷天气
He failed miserably as an actor.
作为演员，他败得很惨。
miserable
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ADJ-GRADED 苦恼的;痛苦的
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.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。
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He looked miserably down at his plate.
他忧郁地低下头看着盘子。
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ADJ-GRADED (地方、形势)令人难受的，令人抑郁的
If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.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。
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ADJ-GRADED (天气)阴郁的，令人苦恼的
If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
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ADJ-GRADED 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的
If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.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。
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ADJ 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的
You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.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。
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...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools.
目前提供给学校的数量远远不够的图书
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ADJ （失败）悲惨的，彻底的
A miserable failure is a very great one.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。
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Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
有些人成功了，而有些人则遭遇惨败。
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- 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
- Synonym: measly paltry
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- characterized by physical misery
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
- Synonym: wretched
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- 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
- Synonym: abject low low-down scummy scurvy
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- deserving or inciting pity
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworth
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- Synonym: hapless misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor wretched
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- very unhappy;full of misery
- he felt depressed and miserable
- a message of hope for suffering humanity
- wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
- Synonym: suffering wretched
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- of very poor quality or condition
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- Synonym: deplorable execrable woeful wretched
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You may be stuck with a miserable existence for the rest of your life
你可能一辈子都要过着悲惨的生活。
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However , even though unemployment rates will not be as severe , I still predict that we are in store for a miserable decade of economic stagnation .
然而，尽管失业率不会那么高，我仍然认为我们会经历一个悲惨的、经济停滞的十年，现在我们正在为此做准备。
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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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Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure .
他们起初获得成功，但随后有一段惨痛失败的时期。
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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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The play was a miserable failure .
这部话剧是个可悲的失败。
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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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The final two months were a miserable coda to the President 's first period in office .
总统首届任期的最后两个月非常糟糕。
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We were cold , wet and thoroughly miserable .
我们又冷又湿，难受极了。
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The family endured a miserable existence in a cramped apartment .
这家人在狭小的公寓里艰难度日。
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Don 't look so miserable !
别一副闷闷不乐的样子！
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What a miserable day !
多么难受的一天呀！
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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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He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things .
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
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It was a grey , wet , miserable day
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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She went to bed , miserable and depressed .
她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
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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。
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It was a miserable wet day .
那是一个糟糕的雨天。
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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。
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He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed .
他心情低落，无精打采，完全没有心思穿衣整装。
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It was very cold , damp and miserable .
天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。
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They ended by making themselves miserable
结果是他们自找苦头。
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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。
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Miserable , and unexpectedly lonely , she went in search of Jean-Paul
内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼－保罗。
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Sheila was looking miserable
希拉看上去愁眉苦脸的。
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He has been so miserable since his wife 's death .
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
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Her boyfriend stood her up , so she spent the weekend feeling miserable .
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
最普通用词，尤指因发生了令人不愉快的事情而感到难过的、悲伤的。
She was very sad to hear that he would live in another city.
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
指心情低落的，或觉得没有希望的，只作表语。
Hans was blue over his dismissal.
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
尤指因所爱之人死去或离去而感到极度悲伤的。
She was broken-hearted when she heard that her husband was killed in an accident.
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
指某种不好的事情、行为、消息等使人感到痛苦而烦恼的。
His stealing made his mother deeply distressed.
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
多指因孤单、寒冷或遭受恶劣对待而极不愉快的。
He has been so miserable since his wife's death.
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
多指因丧失亲人等而悲伤的。
We heard a sorrowful love song.
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
多指因日常生活中遇到不如意之事而感到不愉快的，侧重指心理状态，即精神上不快的或失望的。
Diana's parents had an unhappy marriage.
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
多指因疾病、忧伤等而造成不幸的或痛苦的，可从外表上看出失望、沮丧等神情，令人同情。
She was wondering why he looked so wretched.
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
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