misery

noun

1. 痛苦；悲惨
   great suffering of the mind or body
   1. Fame brought her nothing but misery.
      名声只给她带来了痛苦。
2. 穷困；悲惨的生活
   very poor living conditions
   1. The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.
      这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。
3. 不幸的事；痛苦的事
   something that causes great suffering of mind or body
   1. the miseries of unemployment
      失业的痛苦
4. 老发牢骚的人；不痛快的人
   a person who is always unhappy and complaining
   1. Don't be such an old misery!
      别老这么牢骚满腹了！

1. N-VAR 苦难;痛苦;不幸
   Misery is great unhappiness.
   1. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
      那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。
   2. ...the miseries of his youth.
      他年轻时遭受的不幸
2. N-UNCOUNT 穷困;悲惨的境遇
   Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.
   1. A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.
      一小撮受过良好教育的精英分子从他们200万同胞的贫苦生活中获取利益。
3. N-COUNT 牢骚满腹者;爱抱怨的人
   If you say that someone is a misery, you are critical of them because they are always com-plaining.
   1. I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.
      我现在已经不喜欢抱怨了。几年之前我戒了酒，整个人就大不一样了。
4. PHRASE 使生活痛苦;使日子不好过
   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.
   1. ...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.
      弄得我们日子不得安宁的那几帮孩子
5. PHRASE (告诉某人其急于想知道的事)消除…的忧虑
   If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.
   1. Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
      别让我着急了。你是怎样做的？
6. 将(动物)人工致死以结束其痛苦
   If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.

1. They will have to bear the misery of living in constant fear of war
   他们不得不忍受长期生活在战争恐惧中的痛苦。
2. He will attempt to put behind him the misery of failing to win a medal in his individual event.
   他会尽力忘掉自己没能在个人项目上夺牌的痛苦。
3. They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found
   目睹困苦、潦倒的景象，他们感到心里极不舒服。
4. The problem was causing the poor woman no end of misery
   那个问题给这个可怜的女人带来了很多痛苦。
5. Her search for love has often caused her excruciating misery and loneliness.
   她对爱情的寻觅常常给她带来极大的痛苦和孤独感。
6. He is furious they are making huge profits out of the misery of young addicts.
   看到他们从年轻吸毒者的痛苦中榨取暴利，他怒不可遏。
7. The man immediately responsible for this misery is the province's governor
   对这种不幸境况负有直接责任的人是该省的省长。
8. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
   那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。
9. A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.
   一小撮受过良好教育的精英分子从他们200万同胞的贫苦生活中获取利益。
10. I'm not such a misery now! I gave up drink a few years back and that has changed things a lot.
    我现在已经不喜欢抱怨了。几年之前我戒了酒，整个人就大不一样了。
11. Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?
    别让我着急了。你是怎样做的？
12. There had been naked misery in her voice when she'd spoken about the letter.
    她说起那封信时，声音里流露出明显的痛苦。
13. Waves of misery penetrated every pore.
    痛苦深彻骨髓。
14. The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
    这些数据表明人类经受了如此深重的苦难，对此人们都不愿想起。
15. Why was I putting myself through all this misery?
    我为什么要如此自找苦吃啊？
16. I was sent to boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery
    我被送到寄宿学校呆了6年，其间我的生活一直很悲惨。
17. The demise of the industry has caused untold misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen
    该行业的没落给数以千计辛苦经营的商贩带来了难言的苦楚。
18. Industry depressions usually cause misery among the workers.
    工业不景气常常使工人受害。
19. Their lives were filled with untold suffering.; They lived in an abyss of misery.
    他们生活在水深火热之中。
20. The people are plunged into an abyss of misery.
    涂炭生灵。
21. War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering.
    战祸复发，生灵涂炭。
22. The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.
    旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
23. My father has lived amidst human sin and misery without believing in them.
    我父亲生活在人类的罪恶和痛苦之中，而他自己还不相信。
24. You can well imagine the misery of the disaster victims.
    你可以想见灾民的那种惨状。
25. He was so homesick that he could hardly endure the misery of it.
    他非常想家，简直有些受不了这种苦恼。
26. Tell me the end of the story, put me out of my misery.
    告诉我故事的结果吧，别让我焦急地等了。
27. Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.
    商业不景气常使劳工们受苦。
28. Upon hearing of this additional expense; misery's long visage appeared to become several inches longer.
    一听到还需要额外费用；瘟神的长脸马上又拉长了好几英寸。
29. Destruction and misery attend on war.
    破坏和苦难随战争而来。
30. The family lived in misery for several years.
    这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。

  misery agony anguish distress suffering【导航词义：痛苦】

  misery n. 苦难，痛苦

〔辨析〕指由于贫穷、病痛等造成的痛苦。

  agony n. 极大的痛苦；痛楚

〔辨析〕指身体上的剧烈疼痛或痛苦的经历。

  anguish n. 〈书〉极度痛苦

〔辨析〕指精神或肉体上的极度痛苦。

  distress n. 苦恼，悲伤

〔辨析〕多指由于紧张、忧虑等造成的精神上的痛苦。

  suffering n. 痛苦，苦难

〔辨析〕普通用词，指精神或肉体上的痛苦、折磨。

n.

make sb's life a misery

• 使别人遭殃；让人痛苦
  to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy

put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its misery

• 将动物人工致死以结束其痛苦
  to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated

put sb out of their misery

• （告知情况以）消除某人的忧虑
  to stop sb worrying by telling them sth that they are anxious to know
  1. Put me out of my misery─did I pass or didn't I?
     别再让我着急了——我及不及格？

noun

1. a feeling of intense unhappiness
   1. she was exhausted by her misery and grief

2. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
   1. the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable

   Synonym:    wretchednessmiserableness