miserable
adj. 悲慘的; 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...
我做了幾份薪酬微薄的秘書工作,這讓我非常鬱悶。
She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
她傷心而沮喪地上床睡覺。
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.
這個鬼地方根本沒有什麼東西可以讓他分心。
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...
那是陰鬱灰暗、潮溼多雨的一天。
It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天氣非常寒冷潮溼,令人難受。
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.
他的脾氣總是很糟。他從不跟我或其他任何人講話。
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...
我們在接近地面時的航速僅為2.2節。
It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
迄今為止,從前南斯拉夫接收的難民只有區區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.
這部電影在義大利和美國均遭遇票房慘敗。
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
這些形容詞均含"不幸的"之意。
Her past life was miserable.
她過去的生活很苦.
His miserable manner cast a cloud over the whole proceedings.
他痛苦的樣子給整個活動投下了陰影.
They lead a miserable life.
他們過著悲慘的生活.
A really bad cold pulls you down and leaves you feeling very miserable.
一場真正的重感冒可以把你拖垮,讓你感到非常難受.
He was born in a miserable family.
他出身於一個貧困的家庭.