misery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mis·e·ry /ˈmɪzəri/ ●●○ S3 noun (plural miseries) 1 [countable, uncountable]SUFFER great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick 痛苦，困苦，苦难 What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale. 我们在这里所目睹的情景是许许多多的人都生活困苦。 the misery of unemployment 失业的痛苦 the miseries of war 战争造成的苦难2 [countable, uncountable]SAD/UNHAPPY great unhappiness 愁苦，悲苦 She looked away so that Tom wouldn’t see her misery. 她扭过头去，不让汤姆看到自己的痛苦。 His face was a picture of sheer misery (=great unhappiness, with no other emotion). 他一脸的愁苦。 The news plunged him into abject misery (=extreme unhappiness). 这消息让他陷入极度痛苦之中。3 make somebody’s life a misery British EnglishPROBLEM to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life 使某人的日子不好过，使某人的生活充满痛苦 Competitive mothers can make their daughters’ lives a misery. 母亲争强好胜会使女儿日子不好过。4 put something/somebody out of their misery a) informalWORRIED# to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear 使某人不再着急[担心]〔尤指通过告诉其想了解之事〕 Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner. 说吧，别让他们着急了，宣布谁是获胜者吧。 b) KILLto kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering 结束某动物的痛苦〔指杀死患病或受伤的动物〕 SYN put down I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery. 我想你应该让这可怜的东西结束痛苦。5 [countable] British English spokenCOMPLAIN someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything 满腹牢骚的人 Don’t be such a misery. 别埋怨个没完。 What’s the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this)? 你怎么了，牢骚包？
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misery• Don't invite her. She's such a misery!• The high interest rates caused misery for millions of people.• I was tagging along, comforting a man in misery until he started teaching.• The second half brought more misery.• Stop grumbling, you old misery.• Being paid was sheer misery for many.• He talked openly about the misery of his marriage.• The shattering plate might as well have struck him, for the pain and the misery on his face.• The flight from the countryside has compounded the misery of the urban poor, traditionally the bedrock of Sandinista support.• We cannot ignore the misery of the people in this country who are forced to live on the streets.• You're just bringing all this misery on yourself.• It started with a sore throat and became a week of total misery.• Some children spent their entire schooldays in unrelieved misery.• Morris further believed that forcing anyone to be active during the contemplative phase, or vice versa, causes utter misery.abject misery• For the first three years he endured abject misery.• But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery.Origin misery (1300-1400) Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; → MISERmis·e·ry nounChineseSyllable
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misery
mis‧e‧ry S3 /ˈmɪzəri/
noun (plural miseries)1. [uncountable and countable] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick:
What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale.
the misery of unemployment
the miseries of war
2. [uncountable and countable] great unhappiness:
She looked away so that Tom wouldn’t see her misery.
His face was a picture of sheer misery. (=great unhappiness, with no other emotion)
The news plunged him into abject misery (=extreme unhappiness).
3. make sb’s life a misery British English to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life:
Competitive mothers can make their daughters’ lives a misery.
4. put something/somebody out of their misery
a. informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear:
Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner.
b. to kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering
SYN put down:
I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery.
5. [countable] British English spoken someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything:
Don’t be such a misery.
What’s the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this)?
▪ sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness: Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss. | I noticed a little sadness in her eyes.
▪unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time: After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him. | She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her. | You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused.
▪sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow. | His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death.
▪misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing. | Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery. | The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success.
▪despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair.
▪grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: He was overcome with grief when his wife died.
▪heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love: She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons.
▪depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room.
▪despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope: She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency.
▪melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it: Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting.
mis‧e‧ry S3 /ˈmɪzəri/
noun (plural miseries)1. [uncountable and countable] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick: 2. [uncountable and countable] great unhappiness:
3. make sb’s life a misery British English to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life:
4. put something/somebody out of their misery
a. informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear:
b. to kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering
SYN put down:
5. [countable] British English spoken someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything:
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