misery
UK ['mɪz.ər.i] US [-ɚ-] noun
UNHAPPY FEELING 痛苦
ADVANCED countable or uncountable
■great unhappiness 痛苦，悲惨•We have witnessed the most appalling scenes of human misery.我们目睹了最令人震惊的人间苦难。 •Ten years of marriage to him have made her life a misery.和他的十年婚姻使她的生活非常痛苦。
UK ['mɪz.ər.i] US [-ɚ-] noun
UNHAPPY PERSON 不高兴的人
only singular UK informal disapproving (also misery guts)
■someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things 常常不高兴的人，老发牢骚的人•Oh come on, don't be such a misery!好了，别做牢骚大王了！ •Stop being such an old misery guts!别老是发牢骚！
UK ['mɪz.ər.i] US [-ɚ-] noun
put sth out of its misery
■to kill an animal because it is in great pain, so that it does not have to suffer any more 杀死（动物）以结束其痛苦
UK ['mɪz.ər.i] US [-ɚ-] noun
put sb out of their misery informal
■to stop someone worrying, usually by giving them information that they have been waiting for （告知情况）使（某人）不再感到不安，消除（某人）的顾虑•We try to put our students out of their misery and give them their exam results as early as possible.我们尽量使学生不需长时间担心，尽早告诉他们考试结果。 |