misery
翻譯
痛苦, 苦難, 悲慘
例句
The war brought misery to thousands of people.
戰爭給成千上萬的人帶來了苦難。
Put the old dog out of its misery.
讓那條老狗擺脫痛苦吧。
文法模式
((misery)) 苦難 The war brought misery to thousands of people.
((to put sb./sth. out of their/its misery)) 讓...擺脫痛苦 Put the old dog out of its misery.
近義詞
同義詞: suffering, distress, unhappiness; 反義詞: joy, happiness
詞源
源自拉丁語「miseria」,來自「miser」,意為「可憐的」。
記憶技巧
可以聯想史蒂芬·金的小說《戰慄遊戲》(Misery),書中角色造成了巨大的痛苦。