miserable
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['m?z(?)r?b(?)l?m?zr?bl]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?m?z?r?b?l, ?m?zr?-]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['miz?r?bl]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.痛苦的；悲慘的；貧乏的；狼狽的
詞源解說
- 15世紀(jì)初期進入英語，直接源自拉丁語的miserabilis，意為值得同情。
詞根記憶
- 來自misery(n.痛苦)，mis(壞) + ery(表狀態(tài))→壞事→痛苦的
- 來自misery(n.痛苦)
- miser(同情) + able(能…的)→令人同情的→悲慘的
用法辨析
- miserable的基本意思是“悲慘的,不幸的,可憐的”,用于人時指身心處于極為痛苦的狀態(tài),也指可憐的貧困或不體面; 用于物時指極為貧乏、不充足或粗劣,令人痛苦或悲憤,引申可表示“低劣的,貧乏的”“卑鄙的,可恥的”。
adj. (形容詞)
英漢例句
- We have a miserable life.
我們過了一段悲慘的生活。 - The laboring people's life is miserable in the old society.
舊社會勞動人民的生活很悲慘。 - We all felt very miserable at the bad news.
聽到這個消息,我們大家感到很難過。 - It was miserable of you to make fun of him.
你取笑他,這是可恥的。 - He makes her life miserable.
他使她的生活苦不堪言。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作表語: S+be+～
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+～+of sb+to- v
用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～
詞組短語
- miserable conditions 困苦情況
- miserable existence 〔life〕 悲慘的生活
- miserable surroundings 貧苦的環(huán)境
- feel miserable 感到不舒服〔難過〕
- look miserable 看起來很慘
- miserable about 〔over〕 對…感到難受的
- miserable failure 悲慘失敗;成功號召人們用;悲慘的失敗
- miserable weather 令人壓抑的天氣
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
動詞+～
～+介詞
短語
英英字典
- (UNHAPPY) very unhappy
- (NOT GOOD) used to emphasize the low quality of value of something
- If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
- miserably
- If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
- If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
- If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
- You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
- miserably
- A miserable failure is a very great one.
- miserably