misery

agony, anguish, torment, torture, grief, misery, distress, sorrow

名词 misery:

1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
   同义词：wretchedness, miserableness
2. a feeling of intense unhappiness

1. After a year of misery here, I'm finally shaking the dust of this town off my feet.
   我在这个市镇受了一年罪，总算离开这里了。
2. War begets misery and ruin.
   战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根。
3. He looked the personification of misery.
   他那副样子可谓是苦难的典型。
4. Virtue and vice are two different things: the former/that/the one leads to peace, the latter/this/the other to misery.
   美德与邪恶是不同的，前者带来和平，后者导致痛苦。
5. The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.
   暴风给成千上万的人带来灾难。
6. I am ill with misery.
   我病得难受。

mis.er.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 mis.er.ies

The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
悲惨的境遇：因物质环境或极端贫因导致的受苦难或物质缺乏的状态
Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress:
苦恼：精神或情感上的不快或忧伤：
例句：
.Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances.(Martha Washington)
.我们的欢乐或痛苦是由我们的性情决定的，不是由我们所处的环境决定的.(马莎·华盛顿)

A cause or source of suffering.
痛苦的根由或原因
Informal A physical ache or ailment.
【非正式用语】 身体上的痛楚或疾病

来源：
Middle English miserie
中古英语 miserie
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin miseria
源自 拉丁语 miseria
from miser [wretched]
源自 miser [可怜的]