miserable
英 ['mɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l]
美['mɪzrəbl]
- adj. 悲惨的;痛苦的;卑鄙的
英英释意
- 1. very unhappy; full of misery;
- "he felt depressed and miserable"
- "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
- "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
- 2. deserving or inciting pity;
- "a hapless victim"
- "miserable victims of war"
- "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- "piteous appeals for help"
- "pitiable homeless children"
- "a pitiful fate"
- "Oh, you poor thing"
- "his poor distorted limbs"
- "a wretched life"
- 3. of the most contemptible kind;
- "abject cowardice"
- "a low stunt to pull"
- "a low-down sneak"
- "his miserable treatment of his family"
- "You miserable skunk!"
- "a scummy rabble"
- "a scurvy trick"
- 4. of very poor quality or condition;
- "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
- "woeful treatment of the accused"
- "woeful errors of judgment"
- 5. characterized by physical misery;
- "a wet miserable weekend"
- "spent a wretched night on the floor"
- 6. contemptibly small in amount;
- "a measly tip"
- "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
- "a paltry wage"
- "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
双语例句
- 1. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
- 内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼-保罗。
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- 2. 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。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. Sheila was looking miserable.
- 希拉看上去愁眉苦脸的。
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- 5. They ended by making themselves miserable.
- 结果是他们自找苦头。
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