词汇 | miserable |
释义 | miserable adjective uk /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ us /ˈmɪz.ɚ.ə.bəl/ miserableadjective (UNHAPPY)B1 very unhappy: 很难过,很不开心 She's miserable living on her own.她独自生活,非常可怜。 Synonyms blue(SAD)informal dejected depressed despondent dispirited doleful dolorousliterary down downcast downhearted down in the dumps gloomy gluminformal low low-spirited melancholy mournful plaintive sad(NOT HAPPY) sorrowfulliterary the doldrumsinformal unhappy feeling sad sadShe's been sad ever since her cat died. unhappyShe'd had a very unhappy childhood. miserableI just woke up feeling miserable. upsetThey'd had an argument and he was still upset about it. broken-heartedShe was broken-hearted when her partner left. B2 unpleasant and causing unhappiness: 令人难受的,令人痛苦的 miserable weather令人难受的天气 What a miserable existence! How could anyone live in such awful conditions?多么痛苦的生活!一个人怎么能在这么糟糕的条件下过活? She has a miserable existence living with him.和他生活在一起,她的日子苦不堪言。 Mark always has such a miserable expression on his face.马克脸上总是带着一副苦恼的神情。 He's a miserable old git.他是个卑鄙的老混蛋。 When I'm feeling miserable I go shopping and spoil myself - a couple of new dresses always make me feel better.我心情糟糕的时候,就会去购物放纵一下自己——买上几件新衣服总会让我感觉好些。 She's a miserable old trout who complains about everything.她是个令人讨厌、牢骚满腹的老太婆。 Feeling sad and unhappy a long faceidiom abjection angsty be cut upidiom be down in the mouthidiom be in a funkidiom dismayed displeased dissatisfied distraught distressed lachrymose lonely lonesome lovelorn wish you had never been bornidiom wistful wistfully woe woe is meidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Saddening, shocking and upsetting miserableadjective (NOT GOOD)C2[ before noun ] used to emphasize the low quality of something: The book was a miserable failure.这本书是一个可怜的失败。 C2[ before noun ] used to emphasize the low amount or value of something: informalShe offered me a miserable $20 for my old phone. Synonyms meagreUK measlyinformal negligible paltry stingyinformaldisapproving trifling miserable | American Dictionarymiserable adjective us/ˈmɪz·ər·ə·bəl/ miserableadjective (UNHAPPY)very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness: They can make your life miserable if they want to. miserableadjective (HAVING LOW VALUE)very low in quality or value: The forecast is for miserable weather today. Examples of miserablemiserable When the corporations article was discussed, several delegates reviewed the state's miserable experience with railroads. They recognised that high expectations led to being let down and could make life miserable. They point out that the 21 iwi-based radio stations "eke out a fairly miserable existence," relying on voluntary staff and fund-raising. Yiddish, deemed a symbol of a miserable past in a forced exile, was neither prestigious nor desirable. The congenitally miserable can fulfill their natures (somewhat?) by at least reducing their unhappiness. He set his heel upon this miserable homage to station, which had nothing to support it, and crushed it out of his heart. They think that radiation therapy is going to make them very ill, and that they are going to be miserable. Next thing you know, we're talking baseball and commiserating about our two beloved miserable teams. My one intention was the destruction of the undesirables who continued to make miserable the lives of ordinary decent citizens. In particular, demonization makes powerful politics but miserable policies. Whether the child is happy or miserable, moral or immoral, etc., the parent is sublimely ' uninfluenced ' (1948 : 43). Will he think you have any right to complain when he has made you miserable? Still, if the relationship made the man miserable, it would not have the same value. Miserable as their living and working conditions were, a sense of mutual assistance among the slum-dwellers, especially among solitary people, did exist. He wanted to insure his life and not be dependent upon a miserable pension like what we had arranged for him. See all examples of miserable These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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