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miserable adj.痛苦的；悲惨的；贫乏的；狼狈的 (1) 她的不幸让他感到十分难受。(2) 你使格雷斯·豪兰的生活痛苦不堪。(3) 婢女过着悲惨的生活。(4) 仍有许多人的生活条件是很艰苦的。(5) 我怎么能靠这少得可怜的工资养家？ If you were caught in the pouring rain, missed your own birthday party, and then got food poisoning, you wouldn't just feel bad. You'd be miserable — which means exceptionally unhappy. Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables ("The Miserable Ones"), is the story of people who live a wretched life filled with death and unhappiness. You might want to bring some tissues if you're heading to the musical!

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英 ['mɪzrəbl] 美 ['mɪzrəbl] (1) Her wretchedness made him feel miserable.(2) You made Grace Howland's life miserable.(3) The handmaid led a miserable life.(4) There are still many people whose living conditions are miserable.(5) How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage? Miserable goes way beyond sad — it means absolutely wretched. Someone who's miserable feels absolutely awful. 1[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。miserablyHe 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。5[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。miserablySome manage it. Some fail miserably.有些人成功了，而有些人则遭遇惨败。

英语单词	miserable
英美音标	英 ['mɪzrəbl] 美 ['mɪzrəbl]
中文释义	adj.痛苦的；悲惨的；贫乏的；狼狈的
英语例句	(1) Her wretchedness made him feel miserable. (2) You made Grace Howland's life miserable. (3) The handmaid led a miserable life. (4) There are still many people whose living conditions are miserable. (5) How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
中文例句	(1) 她的不幸让他感到十分难受。 (2) 你使格雷斯·豪兰的生活痛苦不堪。 (3) 婢女过着悲惨的生活。 (4) 仍有许多人的生活条件是很艰苦的。 (5) 我怎么能靠这少得可怜的工资养家？
vocabulary简明	Miserable goes way beyond sad — it means absolutely wretched. Someone who's miserable feels absolutely awful.
vocabulary扩展	If you were caught in the pouring rain, missed your own birthday party, and then got food poisoning, you wouldn't just feel bad. You'd be miserable — which means exceptionally unhappy. Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables ("The Miserable Ones"), is the story of people who live a wretched life filled with death and unhappiness. You might want to bring some tissues if you're heading to the musical!
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 5 [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。

Miserable Miserably Feel Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Describe Made [Usu