miserable
英['mɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l]
美['mɪzrəbl]
词态变化
副词: miserably;中文词源
miserable 悲惨的，可怜的来自拉丁语miser,可怜的，可悲的，悲惨的。
英文词源
- miserable (adj.)
- early 15c., "full of misery, causing wretchedness" (of conditions), from Old French miserable "prone to pity, merciful," and directly from Latin miserabilis "pitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament, deplore," from miser "wretched" (see miser). Of persons, "existing in a state of misery" it is attested from 1520s.
双语例句
- 1. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
- 内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼－保罗。
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- 2. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
- 这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。
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- 3. Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
- 我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。
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- 4. Sheila was looking miserable.
- 希拉看上去愁眉苦脸的。
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- 5. They ended by making themselves miserable.
- 结果是他们自找苦头。
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