very unhappy or uncomfortable 痛苦的；非常難受的；可憐的 We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable. 我們又冷又濕，難受極了。 Don't look so miserable! 别一副悶悶不樂的樣子！ She knows how to make life miserable for her employees. 她知道如何整治她的僱員。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2We got home feeling tired and miserable. 我們回到家，感到又累又沮喪。 feeling utterly miserable about his exams 對他的考試感到非常沮喪 The miners came past with their tired and miserable faces. 礦工們帶着疲憊而痛苦的面容走過。
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making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable 使難受的；使不舒服的；令人不快的 miserable housing conditions 惡劣的住房條件 I spent a miserable weekend alone at home. 我獨自一人在家度過了一個慘兮兮的周末。 What a miserable day! (= cold and wet) 多麽難受的天氣呀！ The play was a miserable failure. 這部話劇是個可悲的失敗。 These people live in miserable conditions. 這些人生活在悲慘的條件下。
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(of a person 人 always unhappy, unfriendly and in a bad mood 乖戾的；脾氣壞的 too small in quantity 太少的；少得可憐的
Word Originlate Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.