| [/ˈmɪzərɪ; ˋmɪzərɪ/] n 用法:
1 [U] great suffering or discomfort (of mind or body) （精神或肉体的）痛苦, 难受:
suffer the misery of toothache 受牙痛之苦 *
living in misery and want, ie in wretched conditions and poverty 在穷困中生活 *
lead a life of misery 过悲惨的生活. 2[C usu pl 通常作复数] painful happening; great misfortune痛苦的事; 大不幸:
the miseries of unemployment 失业的痛苦. 用法:
3 [C] (Brit infml) person who is always miserable and complaining 总发牢骚不痛快的人:
It's no fun being with you, you old misery! 你老发牢骚, 跟你在一起真没意思! 用法:
4 (idm 习语) make sb's life a misery => life. put sb out of his `misery (a) end sb's sufferings by killing him 杀死某人以结束其痛苦; 让某人一死百了.
(b) (joc 谑) end sb's anxiety or suspense 使某人不再担忧或疑虑:
Put me out of my misery tell me if I've passed or not! 你就别让我受罪了--告诉我我及格不及格! put an animal, bird, etc out of its `misery end the suffering of an animal, etc by killing it 杀死某动物以结束其痛苦. |