very unhappy or uncomfortable 痛苦的；非常难受的；可怜的 We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable. 我们又冷又湿，难受极了。 Don't look so miserable! 别一副闷闷不乐的样子！ She knows how to make life miserable for her employees. 她知道如何整治她的雇员。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2We got home feeling tired and miserable. 我们回到家，感到又累又沮丧。 feeling utterly miserable about his exams 对他的考试感到非常沮丧 The miners came past with their tired and miserable faces. 矿工们带着疲惫而痛苦的面容走过。
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making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable 使难受的；使不舒服的；令人不快的 miserable housing conditions 恶劣的住房条件 I spent a miserable weekend alone at home. 我独自一人在家度过了一个惨兮兮的周末。 What a miserable day! (= cold and wet) 多么难受的天气呀！ The play was a miserable failure. 这部话剧是个可悲的失败。 These people live in miserable conditions. 这些人生活在悲惨的条件下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person 人 always unhappy, unfriendly and in a bad mood 乖戾的；脾气坏的 too small in quantity 太少的；少得可怜的
Word Originlate Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.