[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]苦恼的;痛苦的 If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
[usu v-link ADJ]
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作,这让我非常郁闷。
She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
miserably
He looked miserably down at his plate.
他忧郁地低下头看着盘子。
2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方、形势)令人难受的,令人抑郁的 If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
[usu ADJ n]
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。
3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](天气)阴郁的,令人苦恼的 If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天气非常寒冷潮湿,令人难受。
4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的 If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
[ADJ n]
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。
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[ADJ 形容词]远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的 You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
[usu a ADJ amount]
[emphasis]
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots...
我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。
It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
迄今为止,从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
miserably
...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools.
目前提供给学校的数量远远不够的图书
6
[ADJ 形容词](失败)悲惨的,彻底的 A miserable failure is a very great one.
[ADJ n]
[emphasis]
The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。
miserably
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
有些人成功了,而有些人则遭遇惨败。
Oxford
mis·er·able/ˈmɪzrəbl; NAmEˈmɪzrəbl/adjective1very unhappy or uncomfortable 痛苦的;非常难受的;可怜的◆We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.我们又冷又湿,难受极了。◆Don't look so miserable!别一副闷闷不乐的样子!◆She knows how to make life miserablefor her employees. 她知道如何整治她的雇员。2making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable 使难受的;使不舒服的;令人不快的SYN
depressing
◆miserable housing conditions恶劣的住房条件◆I spent a miserable weekend alone at home.我独自一人在家度过了一个惨兮兮的周末。◆What a miserable day (= cold and wet)!多么难受的天气呀 !◆The play was a miserable failure.这部话剧是个可悲的失败。3[only before noun ]( disapproving) (of a person 人)always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly 乖戾的;脾气坏的SYN
grumpy
◆He was a miserable old devil.他真是个令人厌烦的老家伙。4too small in quantity 太少的;少得可怜的SYN
paltry
◆How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?这么少的工资让人怎么活呀?▶mis·er·ably/ˈmɪzrəbli; NAmEˈmɪzrəbli/adverb◆They wandered around miserably.他们可怜兮兮地四处游荡。◆a miserably cold day令人难受的寒冷天气◆He failed miserablyas an actor. 作为演员,他败得很惨。IDIOMsee
1extremely 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)► see thesaurus at
sad
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.4miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining: It was a miserable grey day. two weeks of miserable weather5[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.6miserable 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.
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