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miserable

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mis·e·ra·ble /ˈmɪzərəbəl/ ●●● S3 W3 adjectiveadj
1  SAD/UNHAPPYextremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated 極不愉快的，痛苦的
I’ve been so miserable since Pat left me.
自從帕特離我而去後，我十分痛苦。
I spent the weekend feeling miserable.
我那個周末心情很糟糕。
Jan looks really miserable.
簡看上去很痛苦。
Why do you make yourself miserable by taking on too much work?
你爲什麽攬這麽多活兒，把自己弄得很辛苦呢？
as miserable as sin British EnglishBrE (=very miserable) 十分悲慘
► see thesaurus at sad
2  SAD/UNHAPPY especially British EnglishBrE always bad-tempered, dissatisfied, or complaining 總是不高興[不滿意]的；總是抱怨的
He’s a miserable old devil.
他是個脾氣乖戾的老家夥。
3  [usually before noun]SAD/UNHAPPY making you feel very unhappy, uncomfortable etc 令人不愉快的；令人不舒服的，使人難受的
They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions.
他們在惡劣條件下忍受長時間的繁重勞動。
Mosquito bites can make life miserable.
蚊子叮咬會讓人很難受。
4  miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining 〔天氣〕陰冷的，陰鬱的
It was a miserable grey day.
那天的天氣陰鬱灰暗。
two weeks of miserable weather
兩周的陰冷天氣
5  [only before noun]LITTLE/NOT MUCH very small in amount, or very bad in quality 數量極少的；質量極差的
I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income.
我靠這點微薄的收入幾乎交不起房租。
The team gave a miserable performance.
球隊表現得極其差勁。
6  miserable failure British EnglishBrE a complete failure 徹底失敗
Her attempts to learn to drive had been a miserable failure.
她試着學開車，結果徹底失敗了。
—miserably adverbadv
I failed miserably in my duty to protect her.
我完全沒有盡到保護她的責任。
Examples from the Corpus
miserable• She appropriated slapstick and hyperbole to the delicious purpose of lampooning the fathead who made her life miserable.• Dana was in the other day and she looked miserable.• He sat all alone in his room, thoroughly miserable.• All the staff seemed to look miserable and the atmosphere was not at all pleasant.• The poor miserable animals were starving, dirty and wet.• Preston had a miserable childhood.• I wish this city would do something about the miserable condition of the roads.• The journey home was miserable. Everyone was depressed about losing the game.• Enraged, drunk, freezing and unutterably miserable I left to make the 200 mile trip home.• Jen has been stuck in a miserable job for the last two years.• Factory workers during the 18th century led miserable lives.• They made each other miserable, locking wills, disbelieving that the other party could long endure a war of emotional attrition.• There was only Sergeant-Chef Gibeau to make our lives miserable now.• All that work for this miserable paycheck!• She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her, miserable sinner that she was.• What I had seen of Czechoslovakia was a society which encouraged a miserable waste of human resources.• Wear your coat, or you'll get sick in this miserable weather
make ... miserable• Donnie Green types were traders who made trainees miserable.• Edna did not do these things to make us miserable.• For all I know, they lied and cheated and made their women miserable.• In doing that he makes himself miserable.• You shouldn't be surprised to hear that you've made people miserable.• What could they do, except be made miserable by impotence?• They made each other miserable, locking wills, disbelieving that the other party could long endure a war of emotional attrition.• There was only Sergeant-Chef Gibeau to make our lives miserable now.
make life miserable• Mosquito bites can make life miserable.• While the Saints built their first temple, neighbors made life miserable and the Mormons neared bankruptcy.• The handful of traders who made life miserable for graduates of Harvard completely dominated a third of the bond market.
Origin miserable
(1400-1500) Old French Latin miserabilis, from miser; → MISER
mis·e·ra·ble adjectiveadj
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