新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

misery

英  [ˈmɪzəri]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • miseries

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 苦难

    Misery is great unhappiness.

    双语例句

    例:

    All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

    那些钱带来的只有悲哀、苦难和不幸。

    2[U 不可数名词] 穷困

    Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.

    双语例句

    例:

    A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.

    一个小小的受过教育的精英团体从他们两百万同胞的穷困中获取利益。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • make someone's life a misery

    1使某人的生活非常不开心

    If someone makes your life a misery, they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy.

    双语例句

    例:

    I would really like living here if it wasn't for the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.

    要不是那一群群的孩子搅得我们生活不宁,我还是挺喜欢住在这里的。

  • put someone out of their misery

    1告知情况(使不再焦虑)

    If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.

    双语例句

    例:

    Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?

    请别让我着急了。你是怎么做的呀?

  • put something out of its misery

    1杀死(动物)以使其摆脱痛苦

    If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.

    近义词

    put down

    双语例句

    例:

    He notes grimly that the Watsons have called the vet to put their dog out of its misery.

    他难过地指出,沃森一家已经给兽医打了电话,以永远结束他家狗的痛苦。

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