miserable

adj.

1. 痛苦的；非常难受的；可怜的
   very unhappy or uncomfortable
   1. We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.
      我们又冷又湿，难受极了。
   2. Don't look so miserable!
      别一副闷闷不乐的样子！
   3. She knows how to make life miserable for her employees.
      她知道如何整治她的雇员。
2. 使难受的；使不舒服的；令人不快的
   making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable
   1. miserable housing conditions
      恶劣的住房条件
   2. I spent a miserable weekend alone at home.
      我独自一人在家度过了一个惨兮兮的周末。
   3. What a miserable day (= cold and wet) !
      多么难受的一天呀！
   4. The play was a miserable failure .
      这部话剧是个可悲的失败。
3. 乖戾的；脾气严峻
   always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly
   1. He was a miserable old devil.
      他真是个令人厌烦的老家伙。
4. 太少的；少得可怜的
   too small in quantity
   1. How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?
      这么少的工资让人怎么活呀？

1. ADJ-GRADED 苦恼的;痛苦的
   If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
   1. I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
      我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。
   2. She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
      她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
2. ADJ-GRADED (地方、形势)令人难受的，令人抑郁的
   If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
   1. 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。
3. ADJ-GRADED (天气)阴郁的，令人苦恼的
   If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
   1. It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
      那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
   2. It was very cold, damp and miserable.
      天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。
4. ADJ-GRADED 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的
   If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
   1. He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
      他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。
5. ADJ 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的
   You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
   1. 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。
   2. It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
      迄今为止，从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
6. ADJ （失败）悲惨的，彻底的
   A miserable failure is a very great one.
   1. The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
      这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。

1. They ended by making themselves miserable
   结果是他们自找苦头。
2. You may be stuck with a miserable existence for the rest of your life
   你可能一辈子都要过着悲惨的生活。
3. He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed.
   他心情低落，无精打采，完全没有心思穿衣整装。
4. Sheila was looking miserable
   希拉看上去愁眉苦脸的。
5. I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable
   我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。
6. She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
   她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
7. 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。
8. It was a grey, wet, miserable day
   那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
9. It was very cold, damp and miserable.
   天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。
10. He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
    他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。
11. 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。
12. It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
    迄今为止，从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
13. The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
    这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。
14. He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
    他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
15. 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。
16. It was a miserable wet day.
    那是一个糟糕的雨天。
17. The miserable wretch lost his all.
    这个贱骨头失去了他的一切。
18. I felt curious how that guy would head for such a miserable end.
    我感到奇怪，那家伙怎么会落得这样一个可悲的结局。
19. However, even though unemployment rates will not be as severe, I still predict that we are in store for a miserable decade of economic stagnation.
    然而，尽管失业率不会那么高，我仍然认为我们会经历一个悲惨的、经济停滞的十年，现在我们正在为此做准备。
20. She quivered with indignation at the account of the conduct of the miserable Rawdon and the unprincipled steyne.
    她听到可恶的罗登和无耻的斯丹恩干这种坏事，气得周身发抖。
21. She gets a kick out of making people miserable.
    她从制造别人的痛苦中找刺激。
22. We all felt very miserable at the bad news.
    听到这个消息，我们大家感到很难过。
23. What a miserable old devil he was!
    他是多么可恶的吝啬鬼呀！
24. She never beefed about her miserable life.
    她对苦日子从不抱怨。
25. I know she is miserable without me and I without her.
    我知道，她没有了我很痛苦，我呢，没有了她心里不好受。
26. We have led a miserable life.
    我们过了一段悲惨的生活。
27. You are miserable, are you not?
    你是悲惨的，你不是么？
28. We are miserable because we feel separate from God or the universe.
    我们不幸是因为感觉和宇宙或者神分离了。
29. She felt lonely and miserable after they all left.
    他们都走后她感到寂寞和凄凉。
30. This is about your lonely, miserable life.
    这和你孤独悲惨的生活有关。

  sad blue broken-hearted distressed miserable sorrowful unhappy wretched【导航词义：悲哀的，不愉快的】

  sad adj. 伤心的，使人难过的

〔辨析〕最普通用词，尤指因发生了令人不愉快的事情而感到难过的、悲伤的。

  blue adj. 〈非正式〉忧郁的，沮丧的

〔辨析〕指心情低落的，或觉得没有希望的，只作表语。

  broken-hearted adj. 伤心的，心碎的

〔辨析〕尤指因所爱之人死去或离去而感到极度悲伤的。

  distressed adj. 苦恼的，忧虑的

〔辨析〕指某种不好的事情、行为、消息等使人感到痛苦而烦恼的。

  miserable adj. 极不愉快的，痛苦的

〔辨析〕多指因孤单、寒冷或遭受恶劣对待而极不愉快的。

  sorrowful adj. 〈文〉悲伤的，伤心的

〔辨析〕多指因丧失亲人等而悲伤的。

  unhappy adj. 痛苦的，不快乐的

〔辨析〕多指因日常生活中遇到不如意之事而感到不愉快的，侧重指心理状态，即精神上不快的或失望的。

  wretched adj. 不愉快的，难受的

〔辨析〕多指因疾病、忧伤等而造成不幸的或痛苦的，可从外表上看出失望、沮丧等神情，令人同情。

adj.

(as) miserable/ugly as sin

• 可怜得 / 难看得要命
  used to emphasize that sb is very unhappy or ugly