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N-VAR
苦難;痛苦;不幸
Misery is great unhappiness.
例句
All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
那筆錢帶來的只有傷心、痛苦和悲劇。
...the miseries of his youth.
他年輕時遭受的不幸
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N-UNCOUNT
窮困;悲慘的境遇
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
例句
A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.
一小撮受過良好教育的精英分子從他們200萬同胞的貧苦生活中獲取利益。
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N-COUNT
牢騷滿腹者;愛抱怨的人
If you say that someone is a misery, you are critical of them because they are always com-plaining.
例句
I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.
我現在已經不喜歡抱怨了。幾年之前我戒了酒,整個人就大不一樣了。
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PHRASE
使生活痛苦;使日子不好過
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.
例句
...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.
弄得我們日子不得安寧的那幾幫孩子
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PHRASE
(告訴某人其急于想知道的事)消除…的憂慮
If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.
例句
Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
別讓我著急了。你是怎樣做的?
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PHRASE
將(動物)人工致死以結束其痛苦
If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.