misery
英 ['m?z(?)r?]
美['m?z?ri]
- n. 痛苦，悲慘；不幸；苦惱；窮困
- n. (Misery)人名；(法)米斯里
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?miseries;
中文詞源
misery 痛苦，悲慘
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)miser,可憐的，可悲的，悲慘的。
英文詞源
- misery
- misery: [14] Latin miser meant ‘miserable, wretched’. From it were derived miseria ‘wretchedness’, source of English misery, and miserābilis ‘pitiable’, source of English miserable [16]. Fitting in with the general semantic pattern, English miser [16] (a direct nominalization of the Latin adjective) originally meant ‘wretched person’. But people who hoarded money were evidently viewed as being basically unhappy, and so right from the beginning miser was used for an ‘a(chǎn)varicious person’.
=> miser - misery (n.)
- late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning "condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress" is from 1530s. Meaning "bodily pain" is 1825, American English.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found.
- 目睹困苦、潦倒的景象，他們感到心里極不舒服。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their energies were focussed on the alleviation of the refugees' misery.
- 他們把精力集中在減輕難民們的苦難上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.
- 那筆錢(qián)帶來(lái)的只有傷心、痛苦和悲劇。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Why was I putting myself through all this misery?
- 我為什么要如此自找苦吃啊？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Her search for love has often caused her excruciating misery and loneliness.
- 她對(duì)愛(ài)情的尋覓常常給她帶來(lái)極大的痛苦和孤獨(dú)感。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句