All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。
...the miseries of his youth.
他年轻时遭受的不幸
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]穷困;悲惨的境遇Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.
一小撮受过良好教育的精英分子从他们200万同胞的贫苦生活中获取利益。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]牢骚满腹者;爱抱怨的人 If you say that someone is a misery, you are critical of them because they are always com-plaining.
[disapproval]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.
我现在已经不喜欢抱怨了。几年之前我戒了酒,整个人就大不一样了。
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[PHRASE 短语]使生活痛苦;使日子不好过 If someone makes your life a misery, they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy.
[V and life inflect]
...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.
弄得我们日子不得安宁的那几帮孩子
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[PHRASE 短语](告诉某人其急于想知道的事)消除…的忧虑 If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
别让我着急了。你是怎样做的?
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[PHRASE 短语]将(动物)人工致死以结束其痛苦 If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.
[V inflects]
Oxford
mis·ery/ˈmɪzəri; NAmEˈmɪzəri/noun(pluralmis·eries)1[uncountable ]great suffering of the mind or body 痛苦;悲惨SYN
distress
◆Fame brought her nothing but misery.名声只给她带来了痛苦。2[uncountable ]very poor living conditions 穷困;悲惨的生活SYN
poverty
◆The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。3[countable ]something that causes great suffering of mind or body 不幸的事;痛苦的事◆the miseries of unemployment失业的痛苦4[countable ]( BrE) ( informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining 老发牢骚的人;不痛快的人◆Don't be such an old misery!别老这么牢骚满腹了!IDIOMSmake sb's life a ˈmiseryto behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy 使别人遭殃;让人痛苦put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its ˈmiseryto kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated 结束动物的生命以解除其痛苦put sb out of their ˈmisery( informal) to stop sb worrying by telling them sth that they are anxious to know (告知情况以)消除某人的忧虑◆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?miserymiseriesmis·ery/ˈmɪzəri; NAmEˈmɪzəri/
1[countable, uncountable] 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 war2[countable, uncountable] 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).3make somebody’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.4put something/somebody out of their miserya)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 sufferingSYN 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)?
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