| 单词 | miserable |
| 释义 | miserable (mɪzərəbəl ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1+ If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable. She went to bed, miserable and depressed. Synonyms: sad, down, low, depressed miserably (mɪzərəbli ) adverb [usually ADVERB after verb] He looked miserably down at his plate. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him. Synonyms: dreary, bleak, desolate, sorry 3. adjective B2 If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull. It was a grey, wet, miserable day. It was very cold, damp and miserable. Synonyms: unpleasant, wet, rainy, stormy 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly. He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else. Synonyms: sullen, sour, moody, grumpy 5. adjective You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be. [emphasis] Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots. Synonyms: pathetic, low, sorry, disgraceful miserably adverb [ADVERB adjective] ...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A miserable failure is a very great one. [emphasis] The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States. miserably adverb [ADVERB with verb] Some manage it. Some fail miserably. Collocations: miserable day From what little I could see, it looked warm and cozy on this miserable day. NO BODY (2001) The citing capped a miserable day for England after a lacklustre display in the tour opener. The Sun (2010) It was for a glossy magazine and it was the most miserable day of my working life. Times, Sunday Times (2010) If not it could be a long, miserable season. The Sun He has never recovered, never stopped talking about the miserable season he spent after taking over a team of multiple title winners. The Sun I don't see why the new stadium should make a difference, but they're having a miserable season. Times, Sunday Times Instead, with only three winners so far, this has been a miserable season for him and it was not improved by events last weekend. Times, Sunday Times Palace's first clean sheet of a miserable season was a welcome relief after losing seven in a row. The Sun However, our reader may be glad he missed out; the shares had a miserable start, barely budging from their 185p offer price. Times, Sunday Times His miserable start to the day was a portent of things to come. Times, Sunday Times There were 27 attempts on goal to find a way out of the most miserable start to a season anyone in the northeast can remember. Times, Sunday Times It turned dull, wet, cool and thundery for the remainder of that month and made for a miserable start to the school holidays. Times, Sunday Times However, the club got a miserable start to the season with nine defeats in a row and had to leave the good company once again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pay cut came after the miserable winter weather sent claims soaring. Times, Sunday Times After a long, miserable winter, what more excuse do we need to lighten up and brighten up? Times, Sunday Times He spends a miserable winter alone in the outdoors mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though not serious, it typically lasts 18 months, or even up to five years, and makes life pretty miserable. Times, Sunday Times Spending all day running about after someone living such a privileged life would have made me a pretty miserable maid too. The Sun My hair loss wasn't on the same scale but it did make me feel pretty miserable for many years. Times, Sunday Times And, it seems, we often make them pretty miserable. Times, Sunday Times We later found out it was a wrist break, which capped off a pretty miserable day. The Sun Perhaps this contributed to his childhood becoming 'a truly miserable place to be'. Times, Sunday Times You'll be writing me a truly miserable problem letter in a while if you don't put a stop to this. The Sun His advice to those in truly miserable workplace situations? Times, Sunday Times You would make her utterly miserable and your relationship might never be the same again. The Sun The standard set by the top teams, though, has been utterly miserable. Times, Sunday Times She lost far too much weight and was utterly miserable. The Sun I was surrounded by people made utterly miserable by their inability to override their instinct to eat. Times, Sunday Times He was in charge of our business for four utterly miserable years ... Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 痛苦的 Japanese: 惨めな |
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