miserable
adj. 悲惨的; 令人痛苦的; 太少的; 卑鄙的
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作,这让我非常郁闷。
She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
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。
If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。
It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天气非常寒冷潮湿,令人难受。
If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。
You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
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。
It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
迄今为止,从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
A miserable failure is a very great one.
The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。
1. very unhappy; full of misery;
2. deserving or inciting pity;
3. of the most contemptible kind;
4. of very poor quality or condition;
5. characterized by physical misery;
6. contemptibly small in amount;
miserable, wretched, unhappy, sorry
这些形容词均含"不幸的"之意。
Her past life was miserable.
她过去的生活很苦.
His miserable manner cast a cloud over the whole proceedings.
他痛苦的样子给整个活动投下了阴影.
They lead a miserable life.
他们过着悲惨的生活.
A really bad cold pulls you down and leaves you feeling very miserable.
一场真正的重感冒可以把你拖垮,让你感到非常难受.
He was born in a miserable family.
他出身于一个贫困的家庭.