misery
n
1 [U] great suffering or discomfort (of mind or body) (精神或肉体的)痛苦, 难受
suffer the misery of toothache 受牙痛之苦
living in misery and want, ie in wretched conditions and poverty 在穷困中生活
lead a life of misery 过悲惨的生活. 2[C usu pl 通常作复数]
painful happening; great misfortune痛苦的事; 大不幸
the miseries of unemployment 失业的痛苦.
3 [C] (Brit infml 口) person who is always miserable and complaining 总发牢骚不痛快的人
It's no fun being with you, you old misery! 你老发牢骚, 跟你在一起真没意思!
4 (idm 习语) make sb's life a misery => life. put sb out of his `misery
(a) end sb's sufferings by killing him 杀死某人以结束其痛苦; 让某人一死百了.
(b) (joc 谑) end sb's anxiety or suspense 使某人不再担忧或疑虑
Put me out of my misery tell me if I've passed or not! 你就别让我受罪了--告诉我我及格不及格! put an animal, bird, etc out of its `misery end the suffering of an animal, etc by killing it 杀死某动物以结束其痛苦.
🎯 考研助记
买(mi)司仪(se)的树苗(ry)使我 痛苦
🔁 扩展释义
*['mizәri]n. 痛苦, 悲惨, 不幸, 穷困
📖 同为「高中」词汇
differentiatevt.& vi. 区分,区别,辨别;
vi. 区别对待;
vt. 表明…间的差别,构成…间差别的特征;[数学] 求…的微分:计算导数或(函数的)微分;
approximateadj. 约莫的,大概的;极相似的;[植]相近但不连接的;
vi. 接近于;近似于;
vt. 靠近;使接近;使结合;