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mis·er·y
mI z ri
复数:miseries
noun
a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction
War brought misery to thousands of refugees.
a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort
the joys and miseries of life
a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress
My former boss made my life a misery.
这组词都有“苦恼、痛苦”的意思,其区别是:
sorrow语气比grief弱,指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。
agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。
grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。
anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦;用于身体时,多指局部或暂时的痛苦。
torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。
distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦,也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。
misery着重痛苦的可悲状态,多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。
torture语气比toment强,指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。
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"14世纪末,指痛苦的状态,外部不幸的状况",源自于12世纪的古法语 misere "悲惨的处境,不幸,苦难",源自于拉丁语 miseria "悲惨",源自于 miser "可怜的,可悲的"(参见 miser)。"极度悲伤或精神痛苦的状态"的意思始于1530年代。
The first known use of misery was in the 14th century
misgiveverb
to suggest doubt or fear to
misgiveverb
to suggest doubt or fear to
misgiveverb
to suggest doubt or fear to
misfortunenoun
bad luck especially for a long period of time
an unfortunate condition or event : disaster
misfitnoun
something that fits badly
a person poorly adjusted to his or her environment
misfitnoun
something that fits badly
a person poorly adjusted to his or her environment
misfireverb
to have the explosive or driving charge fail to ignite at the proper time
the engine misfired
to fail to fire
the gun misfired
to miss an intended effect
the plan misfired
misfireverb
to have the explosive or driving charge fail to ignite at the proper time
the engine misfired
to fail to fire
the gun misfired
to miss an intended effect
the plan misfired
miserynoun
a state of great suffering and want due to poverty or misfortune
a source of misery
a state of unhappiness
1 “No sight of misery disturbs us, nor of despairing poverty out in vain search for employment.... We work our eight hours a day in peaceful security and in absolute confidence of our pay.”
2 After four years of misery and suffering, it is little wonder that people everywhere in Europe hoped and prayed—and to some extent believed—that this would be “the war to end all wars.”
3 The misery of this family is part of the general misery of a nation in pain.
4 Then from the heavens, I would look down and gloat over her misery.
5 “I confess it was conceived in delight, and I grieve to think that it will be born into misery!”
6 Thomas felt a sharp pang and closed his eyes as he sank deeper into the misery of the night.
7 Their misery wrung our hearts.
他们的不幸使我们心痛.
8 Apparently, some other women on the fencing team were suffering from the same symptoms, so I was not alone in my misery.
9 He wouldn’t want to live with two Julies, but it was just as well there was one of them sharing the miseries.
10 It is little to relinquish. What is it but a wilderness of misery and ruin?'
我放弃的东西很少, 除了一片痛苦与毁灭的荒原,还能有 什么 ? ”
11 Lyra could hear faint cries of pain and misery.
12 “The river is messing with your mind. It’s the Cocytus—the River of Lamentation. It’s made of pure misery!”
13 We hadn’t had a fight last night, not really, but I could tell she didn’t know where to put her misery over my mistake, and I was scared to find out where things stood today.
14 The doom of her words dragged me down, anchored me in misery at the knowledge that I could have avoided what was coming.
15 Put me out of my misery—did I pass or didn't I?
别再让我着急了—我及不及格?
16 As March continued, the weather turned to rain and then to snow, and the men crawled into their damp sleeping bags in complete, wretched misery.
17 the miseries of unemployment
失业的痛苦
18 She made Medea, all bewildered with love and misery, determine to fly with Jason.
19 I’m overjoyed to receive them, yet they bring misery.
20 It made him run faster, with anger, misery, and guilt tearing at him.
1 不幸
bad poor tough evil rough sticky unfortunate unhappy miserable unsuccessful disastrous unlucky wretched fateful hapless ill-fated accursed untoward calamitous inauspicious luckless ill-starred jinxed infelicitous ill-omened unblest unblessed fortuneless badly-off funest wanchancy unfortunately sadly tragically miserably unhappily unluckily calamitously adverseness ill-being cross trouble blow reverse knock disaster tragedy sorrow bale fatality misfortune unhappiness ill jinx misadventure mischance infelicity in an evil hour in an ill hour by misadventure by mischance hard cheese hard lines but too only too hard luck off serious dirty adverse sinister need distress calamity mishap a crook in lot as ill luck would have it evil-starred abject woeful distressful accurst mishanter wanion accident teen rubber grief adversity affliction deuce fardel sordor bise infelicific unsonsy donsie wayward direful fatally tsoris down shame discomfort dole schemozzle hex one in the eye
2 悲哀
sorry sad miserable touching dismal sorrowful mournful rueful lugubrious sepulchral woebegone lachrymose tear sorrow dole grieve distress sadden deject
3 惨状
4 人痛苦的事物
5 痛苦
painful bitter miserable grievous thorny afflicted anguished embittered wrenching gnawing laboring agonized tormenting painfully sorely pain smart trouble wound suffering torture distress wrench bale agony affliction martyrdom pang twinge infliction wark throe angor weight worry rack sting torment afflict prick wring fester agonise excruciate nag at make a martyr of in agony traumatic raging pinched trauma distraction kill pine hurt darkness sweat frustration ache sorrow calamity purgatory jaundice wormwood sufferance ruth sufferation eina unhappy distressed aching pained miserably excruciatingly woe unhappiness wretchedness sorry sore troublesome poignant harrowing sorrowful troublous hard cost penalty tribulation gripe desolation laceration poignancy dolor curse anguish scourge ail aggrieve make it warm for dolorous trial stress plague harrow vex embitter pinch agonize discomfort travail play up lancing sticky lousy distressful agonal tsoris misease worm endurance soreness displeasure twang stang excruciation labor ferret gnaw harry try ride murder punish victimize goad rankle imbitter
7 苦恼
troubled brooding aggrieved anguished heartsick distressful worryingly broodingly perplexedly tracasserie pain smart trouble torture distress irritation fret woe torment anguish scourge angst laceration hang-up wormwood vexation throe botheration worrit feeze angor languishment suffer bother prey eat strike tear hunt plague bait sting clog prick gripe victimize gnaw irk vex ail aggrieve lie heavy on lie heavy upon sit heavy on sit heavy upon weigh heavy on weigh heavy upon be sick at heart upset agony bitter miserable distressed narked bitterly oppression affliction afflict assail harry upset yourself laden pained smitten fretful afflictive fretty load conflict coil worm gall bane canker molestation travail fash cumber fantod fraught labor tweak curse ferret try ride worry rank pinch thorn wring lade rowel fret gizzard
8 使人痛苦的事物
9 苦难
fire cross suffering sorrow tribulation affliction martyrdom ill the penalty plight sufferance hardship grievance bitterness adversity gaff gyp
10 难受
12 发牢骚的人
13 疼痛
pain painful sore aching nociceptive sorely smart bite irritation ache stound irritate bad pained achy soreness wark hurt trouble crick excruciate
16 穷困
bad-off needy impoverished penniless back-alley badly-off poorly need distress strait extremity privation destitution illth up against it badly off penurious straitened down-and-out distressed want adversity indigence feel the wind between hell and high water out at elbow
17 悲苦
18 悲惨
sorry tragic unhappy cruel miserable dire catastrophic disastrous pathetic dismal distressing wretched grievous harrowing abject sorrowful woeful forlorn squalid lamentable calamitous godforsaken rueful funereal lugubrious distressful direful miserably unhappily ruefully distressingly piteously lugubriously calamity ruefulness desolate poignant
19 贫穷
poverty-striken small poor narrow needy destitute indigent penurious impecunious scrabbly depauperate poorly misease need want poverty necessity beggar pauper destitution neediness penury indigence poorness depauperize ill-being cold purse
20 悲惨的生活
21 风湿病