miserable
英 [ˈmɪzrəbl]
美 [ˈmɪzrəbl]
adj. 痛苦的; 非常难受的; 可怜的; 使难受的; 使不舒服的; 令人不快的; 乖戾的; 脾气严峻
Collins.2 / BNC.5017 / COCA.5769
同义词辨析
sadbluebroken-hearteddistressedmiserablesorrowfulunhappywretched【导航词义：悲哀的，不愉快的】
sadadj. 伤心的，使人难过的
〔辨析〕
最普通用词，尤指因发生了令人不愉快的事情而感到难过的、悲伤的。
〔例证〕
She was very sad to hear that he would live in another city.
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
听说他将去另外一个城市生活，她非常难过。
There was a sad expression on his face.
他脸上的表情很忧伤。
She gave me a sad look.
她伤心地看了我一眼。
blueadj. 〈非正式〉忧郁的，沮丧的
〔辨析〕
指心情低落的，或觉得没有希望的，只作表语。
〔例证〕
Hans was blue over his dismissal.
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
汉斯因被解雇而情绪低落。
He felt blue when he reread Mary's letters.
他重读玛丽的那些信时，心情很不好。
broken-heartedadj. 伤心的，心碎的
〔辨析〕
尤指因所爱之人死去或离去而感到极度悲伤的。
〔例证〕
She was broken-hearted when she heard that her husband was killed in an accident.
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
听说丈夫遭遇车祸身亡时，她心都碎了。
He was broken-hearted when she decided to leave.
她决定离他而去，他伤心至极。
distressedadj. 苦恼的，忧虑的
〔辨析〕
指某种不好的事情、行为、消息等使人感到痛苦而烦恼的。
〔例证〕
His stealing made his mother deeply distressed.
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
他的偷窃行为使他母亲非常苦恼。
I was distressed to learn about that.
得悉此事我感到担心。
miserableadj. 极不愉快的，痛苦的
〔辨析〕
多指因孤单、寒冷或遭受恶劣对待而极不愉快的。
〔例证〕
He has been so miserable since his wife's death.
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
自从妻子去世后，他十分痛苦。
Her boyfriend stood her up, so she spent the weekend feeling miserable.
男朋友放了她的鸽子，因此她那个周末心情很糟糕。
sorrowfuladj. 〈文〉悲伤的，伤心的
〔辨析〕
多指因丧失亲人等而悲伤的。
〔例证〕
We heard a sorrowful love song.
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
我们听到了一首悲怆的恋歌。
A funeral is a sorrowful occasion.
葬礼是令人悲伤的场合。
He was often absent and sorrowful.
他常常心不在焉，愁眉苦脸。
unhappyadj. 痛苦的，不快乐的
〔辨析〕
多指因日常生活中遇到不如意之事而感到不愉快的，侧重指心理状态，即精神上不快的或失望的。
〔例证〕
Diana's parents had an unhappy marriage.
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
黛安娜的父母有一段痛苦的婚姻。
He has great power and wealth, but is still unhappy.
他颇有权势，也非常富有，但依然并不快乐。
If you're so unhappy, why not leave him?
如果你这么不开心，为什么不离开他呢？
wretchedadj. 不愉快的，难受的
〔辨析〕
多指因疾病、忧伤等而造成不幸的或痛苦的，可从外表上看出失望、沮丧等神情，令人同情。
〔例证〕
She was wondering why he looked so wretched.
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
她想搞清楚为什么他看起来如此愁眉苦脸的。
She felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，她感到很难受。
习惯用语
adj.
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- 可怜得 / 难看得要命
used to emphasize that sb is very unhappy or ugly
牛津词典
adj.
- 痛苦的；非常难受的；可怜的
very unhappy or uncomfortable- 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。
- We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.
- 使难受的；使不舒服的；令人不快的
making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable- 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) !
多么难受的一天呀！ - The play was a miserable failure .
这部话剧是个可悲的失败。
- miserable housing conditions
- 乖戾的；脾气严峻
always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly- He was a miserable old devil.
他真是个令人厌烦的老家伙。
- He was a miserable old devil.
- 太少的；少得可怜的
too small in quantity- How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?
这么少的工资让人怎么活呀？
- How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 苦恼的;痛苦的
If you aremiserable, you are very unhappy.- I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。 - She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
她伤心而沮丧地上床睡觉。
- I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
- ADJ-GRADED (地方、形势)令人难受的，令人抑郁的
If you describe a place or situation asmiserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.- There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。
- There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
- ADJ-GRADED (天气)阴郁的，令人苦恼的
If you describe the weather asmiserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.- It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
那是阴郁灰暗、潮湿多雨的一天。 - It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。
- It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
- ADJ-GRADED 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的
If you describe someone asmiserable, 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.
他的脾气总是很糟。他从不跟我或其他任何人讲话。
- He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
- ADJ 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的
You can describe a quantity or quality asmiserablewhen 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...
我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。 - It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
迄今为止，从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
- Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots...
- ADJ （失败）悲惨的，彻底的
Amiserablefailure is a very great one.- The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
这部电影在意大利和美国均遭遇票房惨败。
- The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
双语例句
- They ended by making themselves miserable
结果是他们自找苦头。 - I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable
我做了几份薪酬微薄的秘书工作，这让我非常郁闷。 - It was very cold, damp and miserable.
天气非常寒冷潮湿，令人难受。 - There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。 - I felt curious how that guy would head for such a miserable end.
我感到奇怪，那家伙怎么会落得这样一个可悲的结局。 - However, even though unemployment rates will not be as severe, I still predict that we are in store for a miserable decade of economic stagnation.
然而，尽管失业率不会那么高，我仍然认为我们会经历一个悲惨的、经济停滞的十年，现在我们正在为此做准备。 - Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots
我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。 - This is about your lonely, miserable life.
这和你孤独悲惨的生活有关。 - He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。 - What a miserable old devil he was!
他是多么可恶的吝啬鬼呀！