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Miser Latin English Misery Meant Miseria Source Condition

正面 6170.misery
英 ['mɪz(ə)rɪ]美 ['mɪzəri]

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释义:
n. 痛苦,悲惨;不幸;苦恼;穷困n. (Misery)人名;(法)米斯里
例句:
1. They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found.目睹困苦、潦倒的景象,他们感到心里极不舒服。

1. sh(拼音“圣、神”)+ rine (拼音谐音“人”)=> 谐音“圣人、神人” => 供奉圣人、神人的地方 => 圣地、神殿、神龛、圣殿、圣祠。2. 区分:shrine, shine: 有花儿是圣殿、圣地,无花儿是光亮,因为只有圣殿、圣地才会经常有人去献花。
misery 痛苦,悲惨来自拉丁语miser,可怜的,可悲的,悲惨的。
miserymisery: [14] Latin miser meant ‘miserable, wretched’. From it were derived miseria ‘wretchedness’, source of English misery, and miserābilis ‘pitiable’, source of English miserable [16]. Fitting in with the general semantic pattern, English miser [16] (a direct nominalization of the Latin adjective) originally meant ‘wretched person’. But people who hoarded money were evidently viewed as being basically unhappy, and so right from the beginning miser was used for an ‘avaricious person’.=> misermisery (n.)late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning "condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress" is from 1530s. Meaning "bodily pain" is 1825, American English."

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