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单词 misery
释义 mis·ery
\ˈmiz(ə)rē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English miserie, misere, from Middle French, from Latin miseria, from miser wretched, miserable + -ia -y
1. : a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or other external conditions
 < the flood brought misery to hundreds whom it made homeless >
 < living in overcrowded slums in conditions of great misery >
2. : a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort : calamity, misfortune
 < primitive societies in process of disappearance are therefore usually full of maladjustments, miseries, and unsolved problems — A.L.Kroeber >
 < a thin misery of rain, chilling and spiteful — T.H.Jones >
 < it was a terrible country … tamarack swamps, and spruce thickets, and windfalls, and all kinds of misery — Henry van Dyke >
3. : a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress
 < had killed her father, cheated and shamed herself with a remorse horribly spurious, exchanged content for misery — Arnold Bennett >
 < had misery and loneliness in their eyes — Bruce Marshall >
4. dialect : pain, ache
 < had a misery in his back, it bothered him so much there were days when he couldn't ride — Ross Santee >
5. : a wretched person or animal
 < we want to see our weaned foals nice and round and solid, and we do not want to see any dull-coated, potbellied little miseries — Henry Wynmalen >
6. : misère
Synonyms: see distress
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