misery
npluralmiseries
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; MISER]
[U and C]
great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick
What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale.
the misery of unemployment
the miseries of war
[U and C]
great unhappiness
She looked away so that Tom wouldn't see her misery.
His face was a picture of sheer misery.
The news plunged him into abject misery .
make sb's life a misery
BrE to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life
Competitive mothers can make their daughters' lives a misery.
put sth/sb out of their misery
a)informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear
Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner.
b) to kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering
= put down
I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery.
[C]BrE spoken someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything
Don't be such a misery.
What's the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this) ?
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; MISER]
[U and C]
great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick
What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale.
the misery of unemployment
the miseries of war
[U and C]
great unhappiness
She looked away so that Tom wouldn't see her misery.
His face was a picture of sheer misery.
The news plunged him into abject misery .
make sb's life a misery
BrE to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life
Competitive mothers can make their daughters' lives a misery.
put sth/sb out of their misery
a)informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear
Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner.
b) to kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering
= put down
I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery.
[C]BrE spoken someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything
Don't be such a misery.
What's the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this) ?
1. War begets misery and ruin.
战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根.
2. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
如果他们愿意生活在城市，本该免除这许多苦处和开支，因为他们本来就是那里的正当居民。
3. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
要是他们愿意住在本来属于他们的城市，则可以让他们省去诸多不便与节约大量开支。
4. They went from jeweller to jeweller, looking for a necklace like the other, both of them ill with misery.
为了找到一条相同的项链，他们跑遍了所有的珠宝店。两个人都苦恼极了。
5. He equates poverty with misery.
他认为贫穷就是不幸.
6. I have a misery in the tooth.
我牙疼。
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战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根.
2. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
如果他们愿意生活在城市，本该免除这许多苦处和开支，因为他们本来就是那里的正当居民。
3. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
要是他们愿意住在本来属于他们的城市，则可以让他们省去诸多不便与节约大量开支。
4. They went from jeweller to jeweller, looking for a necklace like the other, both of them ill with misery.
为了找到一条相同的项链，他们跑遍了所有的珠宝店。两个人都苦恼极了。
5. He equates poverty with misery.
他认为贫穷就是不幸.
6. I have a misery in the tooth.
我牙疼。
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