miserable
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['mɪz(ə)rəb(ə)lˈmɪzrəbl]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɪzərəbəl, ˈmɪzrə-]
- 国际音标 ['mizərəbl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.痛苦的；悲惨的；贫乏的；狼狈的
词源解说
- 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的miserabilis，意为值得同情。
词根记忆
- 来自misery(n.痛苦)，mis(坏) + ery(表状态)→坏事→痛苦的
- 来自misery(n.痛苦)
- miser(同情) + able(能…的)→令人同情的→悲惨的
用法辨析
- miserable的基本意思是“悲惨的,不幸的,可怜的”,用于人时指身心处于极为痛苦的状态,也指可怜的贫困或不体面; 用于物时指极为贫乏、不充足或粗劣,令人痛苦或悲愤,引申可表示“低劣的,贫乏的”“卑鄙的,可耻的”。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- We have a miserable life.
我们过了一段悲惨的生活。 - The laboring people's life is miserable in the old society.
旧社会劳动人民的生活很悲惨。 - We all felt very miserable at the bad news.
听到这个消息,我们大家感到很难过。 - It was miserable of you to make fun of him.
你取笑他,这是可耻的。 - He makes her life miserable.
他使她的生活苦不堪言。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+～+of sb+to- v
用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～
词组短语
- miserable conditions 困苦情况
- miserable existence 〔life〕 悲惨的生活
- miserable surroundings 贫苦的环境
- feel miserable 感到不舒服〔难过〕
- look miserable 看起来很惨
- miserable about 〔over〕 对…感到难受的
- miserable failure 悲惨失败;成功号召人们用;悲惨的失败
- miserable weather 令人压抑的天气
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
动词+～
～+介词
短语
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