misery
英 [ˈmɪzəri]
美 [ˈmɪzəri]
n. 痛苦; 悲惨; 穷困; 悲惨的生活; 不幸的事; 痛苦的事
复数:miseries
Collins.2 / BNC.4674 / COCA.6088
同义词辨析
miseryagonyanguishdistresssuffering【导航词义:痛苦】
miseryn. 苦难,痛苦
〔辨析〕
指由于贫穷、病痛等造成的痛苦。
〔例证〕
He lived in the misery of unemployment.
他生活在失业的痛苦之中。
They would never forget the miseries of war.
他们永远也不会忘记战争造成的苦难。
他生活在失业的痛苦之中。
They would never forget the miseries of war.
他们永远也不会忘记战争造成的苦难。
agonyn. 极大的痛苦;痛楚
〔辨析〕
指身体上的剧烈疼痛或痛苦的经历。
〔例证〕
She was in agony.
她极度痛苦。
The agony of arthritis made him unable to sleep.
关节炎的剧烈疼痛使他难以入眠。
She had to go through the agony of leaving her children.
她只好忍痛离开孩子们。
她极度痛苦。
The agony of arthritis made him unable to sleep.
关节炎的剧烈疼痛使他难以入眠。
She had to go through the agony of leaving her children.
她只好忍痛离开孩子们。
anguishn. 〈书〉极度痛苦
〔辨析〕
指精神或肉体上的极度痛苦。
〔例证〕
The loved ones of the hostages were going through anguish.
人质的亲朋好友们经受着巨大的痛苦。
The anguish of losing a child was unbearable.
失去孩子的巨大悲痛是难以承受的。
That soldier got shot and was in anguish all night.
那名士兵中枪了,整夜都处于痛苦中。
人质的亲朋好友们经受着巨大的痛苦。
The anguish of losing a child was unbearable.
失去孩子的巨大悲痛是难以承受的。
That soldier got shot and was in anguish all night.
那名士兵中枪了,整夜都处于痛苦中。
distressn. 苦恼,悲伤
〔辨析〕
多指由于紧张、忧虑等造成的精神上的痛苦。
〔例证〕
The mother was in great distress because of her son's rough behaviour.
儿子的粗野行为使母亲深感忧虑。
That woman was teary and clearly in distress.
那名妇女眼泪汪汪,显然很悲伤。
儿子的粗野行为使母亲深感忧虑。
That woman was teary and clearly in distress.
那名妇女眼泪汪汪,显然很悲伤。
sufferingn. 痛苦,苦难
〔辨析〕
普通用词,指精神或肉体上的痛苦、折磨。
〔例证〕
The refugees could not forget the pain and suffering caused by the war.
难民们无法忘记战争造成的苦难。
He believes that we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, etc.
他认为我们不可避免地要忍受疼痛、疾病等身体上的痛苦。
难民们无法忘记战争造成的苦难。
He believes that we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, etc.
他认为我们不可避免地要忍受疼痛、疾病等身体上的痛苦。
习惯用语
n.
- make sb's life a misery
- 使别人遭殃;让人痛苦
to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its misery - 将动物人工致死以结束其痛苦
to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated put sb out of their misery - (告知情况以)消除某人的忧虑
to stop sb worrying by telling them sth that they are anxious to know - 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?
牛津词典
noun
- 痛苦;悲惨
great suffering of the mind or body- Fame brought her nothing but misery.
名声只给她带来了痛苦。
- Fame brought her nothing but misery.
- 穷困;悲惨的生活
very poor living conditions- 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。
- The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.
- 不幸的事;痛苦的事
something that causes great suffering of mind or body- the miseries of unemployment
失业的痛苦
- the miseries of unemployment
- 老发牢骚的人;不痛快的人
a person who is always unhappy and complaining- Don't be such an old misery!
别老这么牢骚满腹了!
- Don't be such an old misery!
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 苦难;痛苦;不幸
Miseryis 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
- All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
- N-UNCOUNT 穷困;悲惨的境遇
Miseryis 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。
- A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.
- N-COUNT 牢骚满腹者;爱抱怨的人
If you say that someone is amisery, you are critical of them because they are always com-plaining.- 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。
- I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.
- PHRASE 使生活痛苦;使日子不好过
If someonemakesyourlife a misery, they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy.- ...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
- ...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.
- PHRASE (告诉某人其急于想知道的事)消除…的忧虑
If youputsomeoneout oftheirmisery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.- Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
别让我着急了。你是怎样做的?
- Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
- 将(动物)人工致死以结束其痛苦
If youputan animalout ofitsmisery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.
英英释义
noun
- a feeling of intense unhappiness
- she was exhausted by her misery and grief
- a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
双语例句
- You can well imagine the misery of the disaster victims.
你可以想见灾民的那种惨状。 - He is furious they are making huge profits out of the misery of young addicts.
看到他们从年轻吸毒者的痛苦中榨取暴利,他怒不可遏。 - Tell me the end of the story, put me out of my misery.
告诉我故事的结果吧,别让我焦急地等了。 - The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
这些数据表明人类经受了如此深重的苦难,对此人们都不愿想起。 - He will attempt to put behind him the misery of failing to win a medal in his individual event.
他会尽力忘掉自己没能在个人项目上夺牌的痛苦。 - The problem was causing the poor woman no end of misery
那个问题给这个可怜的女人带来了很多痛苦。 - Why was I putting myself through all this misery?
我为什么要如此自找苦吃啊? - The family lived in misery for several years.
这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。 - Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
别让我着急了。你是怎样做的? - Destruction and misery attend on war.
破坏和苦难随战争而来。