词组 | misery |
释义 | misery /ˈmɪzəri/ noun great unhappiness or sufferingadjectiveshuman misery Wilberforce devoted his life to fighting human misery and ending the slave trade.abject/untold/great misery (=extreme misery) The news of his son’s illness had plunged him into abject misery.sheer misery It is difficult for us to imagine the sheer misery of people living in that country.such misery They have no right to put people through such misery.economic misery They come here in the hope of escaping economic misery at home.verbslive in misery Millions of families are living in misery.suffer/endure misery The population of this war-torn country have endured so much misery.cause (sb) misery The court case caused untold misery to his family.bring sb misery Her husband had brought her nothing but misery.add to sb’s misery (=make it worse) To add to our misery, it rained heavily all day.end the misery also put an end to the misery The international community should do more to end the misery in these camps.alleviate sb’s misery formal (=make it less) Their aim was to alleviate the misery of the poor.phrasesa life of misery He rescued them from a life of misery.years/a lifetime of misery She had endured years of misery.put an animal out of its misery (=kill a sick or injured animal to end its suffering) The vet said it was better to put the dog out of its misery.In informal English, you tell someone to put you out of your misery, when asking them to tell you something, and when you have been waiting to find out the answer: Come on, Rick! Put us out of our misery! Did you get the job or not? |
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