miserable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mis·e·ra·ble /ˈmɪzərəbəl/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective 1 SAD/UNHAPPYextremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated 极不愉快的，痛苦的 I’ve been so miserable since Pat left me. 自从帕特离我而去后，我十分痛苦。 I spent the weekend feeling miserable. 我那个周末心情很糟糕。 Jan looks really miserable. 简看上去很痛苦。 Why do you make yourself miserable by taking on too much work? 你为什么揽这么多活儿，把自己弄得很辛苦呢？as miserable as sin British English (=very miserable) 十分悲惨► see thesaurus at sad2 SAD/UNHAPPY especially British English always bad-tempered, dissatisfied, or complaining 总是不高兴[不满意]的；总是抱怨的 He’s a miserable old devil. 他是个脾气乖戾的老家伙。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，使人难受的 They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions. 他们在恶劣条件下忍受长时间的繁重劳动。 Mosquito bites can make life miserable. 蚊子叮咬会让人很难受。4 miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining 〔天气〕阴冷的，阴郁的 It was a miserable grey day. 那天的天气阴郁灰暗。 two weeks of miserable weather 两周的阴冷天气5 [only before noun]LITTLE/NOT MUCH very small in amount, or very bad in quality 数量极少的；质量极差的 I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income. 我靠这点微薄的收入几乎交不起房租。 The team gave a miserable performance. 球队表现得极其差劲。6 miserable failure British English a complete failure 彻底失败 Her attempts to learn to drive had been a miserable failure. 她试着学开车，结果彻底失败了。 —miserably adverb I failed miserably in my duty to protect her. 我完全没有尽到保护她的责任。
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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 weathermake ... 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; → MISERmis·e·ra·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
for Corpus you feel unhappy, because example extremely
miserable
mis‧e‧ra‧ble /ˈmɪzərəbəl/
adjective1. extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated:
I’ve been so miserable since Pat left me.
I spent the weekend feeling miserable.
Jan looks really miserable.
Why do you make yourself miserable by taking on too much work?
as miserable as sin British English (=very miserable)
2. especially British English always bad-tempered, dissatisfied, or complaining:
He’s a miserable old devil.
3. [usually before noun] making you feel very unhappy, uncomfortable etc:
They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions.
Mosquito bites can make life miserable.
4. miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining:
It was a miserable grey day.
two weeks of miserable weather
5. [only before noun] very small in amount, or very bad in quality:
I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income.
The team gave a miserable performance.
6. miserable failure British English a complete failure:
Her attempts to learn to drive had been a miserable failure.
—miserably adverb:
I failed miserably in my duty to protect her.
■ very sad
▪miserable very sad, especially because you are lonely, cold, ill, or upset – used about people and periods of time: I felt miserable and blamed myself for what had happened. | Her life was miserable. | I had a miserable time at college.
▪depressed very sad and without hope for a long time, because things are wrong in your life or because of a medical condition: After his wife left him, he became depressed and refused to talk to anyone.
▪heartbroken extremely sad because of something that has happened to someone or something that you care about very much: She was heartbroken when her dog died.
▪distressed/distraught very upset because of something bad that has happened, so that you cannot think clearly: She was very distressed when he left her. | The boy’s hospital bed was surrounded by distraught relatives.
▪devastated [not before noun] extremely sad and shocked, because something very bad has happened: The whole town was devastated by the tragedy.
mis‧e‧ra‧ble /ˈmɪzərəbəl/
adjective1. extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated: as miserable as sin British English (=very miserable)
2. especially British English always bad-tempered, dissatisfied, or complaining:
3. [usually before noun] making you feel very unhappy, uncomfortable etc:
4. miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining:
5. [only before noun] very small in amount, or very bad in quality:
6. miserable failure British English a complete failure:
—miserably adverb:
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