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misery

misery /ˈmɪzəri/ noun
plural miseries
misery
/ˈmɪzəri/
noun
plural miseries
Learner's definition of MISERY
[noncount] : extreme suffering or unhappiness痛苦;苦难;悲惨
[count] : something that causes extreme suffering or unhappiness痛苦的事;悲惨的境遇usually plural通常用复数
[singular] : a very unhappy or painful time or experience痛苦时期;悲惨经历
◊ When an injured or sick animal is put out of its misery, it is killed so that it no longer has to suffer. This phrase is sometimes used to refer to people as well.杀死受伤或生病的动物以结束其痛苦,有时也用于指人。
[singular] British, informal : an unhappy person who complains often or constantly : misery guts老爱发牢骚的人
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4674 COCA: 6088

misery

noun

mis·​ery ˈmi-zə-rē How to pronounce misery (audio)
ˈmiz-rē
plural miseries
1
: a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction
War brought misery to thousands of refugees.
2
: a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort
the joys and miseries of life
3
: a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress
My former boss made my life a misery.
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distress, suffering, misery, agony mean the state of being in great trouble.

distress implies an external and usually temporary cause of great physical or mental strain and stress.

the hurricane put everyone in great distress

suffering implies conscious endurance of pain or distress.

the suffering of famine victims

misery stresses the unhappiness attending especially sickness, poverty, or loss.

the homeless live with misery every day

agony suggests pain too intense to be borne.

in agony over the death of their child

Example Sentences

The war brought misery to thousands of refugees. They were living in overcrowded slums in conditions of great misery. a source of human misery the joy and misery of life The last years of her life were a misery. Stop being such a misery. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Idaho State received $350,000 for its eight-hour trip of misery and 52-21 beatdown, which is more than enough reason to have the dawg pound close their eyes in terms of watchability. Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022 Humidity invaded the outskirts of discomfort, but failed to cross the threshhold of misery. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 There’s a sense of misery, but there’s a lot of fun in these. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022 In the throes of misery, Michael’s life is still one packed with one posh party after another, attended by cool friends like playboy weatherman Billy (Emerson Brooks) and unlucky-in-love gallerist Stanley (Brooks Ashmanskas). Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2022 So, while this is still going to wind up being successful season for the Bulls after years of misery, this front office clearly has a lot of work to do to figure out how to build a stronger, more balanced roster that can make noise in the playoffs. Jason Patt, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 At this point, everybody’s now just trying to take care of Hayley’s unfinished misery business. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022 Murray will step into the shoes of misery Ebenezer Scrooge, following the retirement of the company’s longtime Scrooge, Tom Stephenson, last winter. San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Embiid’s return after sitting out the first two games only added to Miami’s misery. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 8 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4674 COCA: 6088
misery

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISERY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEabject, great, real, sheer, untold極度的痛苦;巨大的痛苦This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.這種恐懼症能給患者造成極度的痛苦。complete痛苦到極點Her misery was made complete when she was separated from her children.她被迫與孩子們分開時痛苦到了極點。personal個人的痛苦human人類的苦難economic經濟上的窘困the country's economic misery該國經濟的窘困VERB + MISERYbe full of, endure, feel, live in, suffer滿心痛苦;忍受痛苦;感到痛苦;生活在痛苦中;遭受痛苦people who suffer the misery of unemployment遭受失業之苦的人們bring (sb), cause (sb), create, inflict(給某人)帶來痛苦;引起(某人的)痛苦;造成痛苦The money brought him nothing but misery.那筆錢帶給他的只有痛苦。add to, heap, prolong增加/加劇/延長痛苦War has now added to the misery of these starving people.如今戰爭令這些饑民的日子雪上加霜。This financial blow heaps more misery on the community.這一經濟打擊加劇了社會的苦難。alleviate, ease, relieve減輕/緩解/解除痛苦ways to alleviate human misery減輕人類苦難的方法end結束苦難put sb/sth out of將⋯人工致死以解除其痛苦;消除⋯的憂慮In the end we asked the vet to put the creature out of its misery (= kill it humanely).最終我們請獸醫給這可憐的動物人道毀滅以結束其痛苦。Oh, put her out of her misery-tell her who won. (humorous) 哦,別讓她受罪了 - 告訴她誰贏了。spare sb使某人免受痛苦At least we were spared the misery of having to do it all again.至少我們得以免受全部重做之苦。share (especially NAmE) 分擔痛苦forget忘記痛苦PREPOSITIONmisery of⋯的痛苦the sheer misery of homelessness無家可歸的極度痛苦PHRASESmake sb's life a misery使某人的生活沒有樂趣His constant criticism made her life a misery.他沒完沒了的指責使她的生活痛苦不堪。

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