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misery misery ★★☆☆☆/mɪ̱zəri/1[N-VAR	可变名词]苦难；痛苦；不幸 Misery is great unhappiness. 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2[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。3[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。4[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5[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？6[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] miserymis‧e‧ry /ˈmɪzəri/ ●●○ S3 noun (plural miseries)  Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 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 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)?

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Collins	misery ★★☆☆☆ /mɪ̱zəri/ 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]苦难；痛苦；不幸 Misery is great unhappiness. 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 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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 5 [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？ 6 [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 ; NAmE ˈmɪzəri / noun ( plural mis·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！ IDIOMS make sb's life a ˈmisery to 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 ˈmisery to 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？ misery miseries mis·ery / ˈmɪzəri ; NAmE ˈmɪzəri /
LDC	miserymis‧e‧ry /ˈmɪzəri/ ●●○ S3 noun (plural miseries) Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 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 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)?
WDF	misery [ˈmɪzəri] CET6TEM4考研IELTS n6169 3768 482 1300 723 594 669 NOUN8888 68076 Spoken: 32119813 miseries[374] 痛苦(64%)，苦难(33%)，悲惨的境遇(3%) n.痛苦，悲惨；不幸；苦恼；穷困 n.(Misery)人名；(法)米斯里

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