verb + miserably
miserably 常作方式副词,放在实义动词后,表示动作带有痛苦、悲伤或不幸。
He looked at me miserably.
他可怜巴巴地看着我。
非常不幸地;可悲地;贫困地
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非常不幸地;可悲地;贫困地
in a miserable manner
He looked at me miserably.
他可怜巴巴地看着我。
可怜地;悲惨地;糟糕地。
In a miserable manner.
以悲惨的方式
in a miserable manner
After failing the exam, he sat miserably in his room.
考试不及格后,他可怜巴巴地坐在房间里。
AI contextual example
She waited for the bus in the cold rain, shivering miserably.
她在冷雨中等着公交车,可怜巴巴地直发抖。
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The team lost the final game miserably.
球队在决赛中输得很惨。
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I bit my lip miserably and nodded
我痛苦地咬着嘴唇,点了点头。
WordNet
miserably 常作方式副词,放在实义动词后,表示动作带有痛苦、悲伤或不幸。
He looked at me miserably.
他可怜巴巴地看着我。
miserably 放在形容词前强调程度糟糕到令人难受,翻译时常处理成“形容词+得+可怜/难受”。
The pay was miserably low.
工资低得可怜。
Not this
He felt miserably.
Use this
He felt miserable.
feel 在此是系动词,后接形容词作表语,表示主语的状态;miserably 是副词,不能作表语,应改为形容词 miserable。
Not this
He failed miserable.
Use this
He failed miserably.
fail 是实义动词,修饰动作的方式要用副词 miserably,不能用形容词 miserable。
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彻底失败;一败涂地
The plan failed miserably because we ignored the risks.
这个计划因我们忽视风险而彻底失败了。
生活悲惨;穷困潦倒地生活
After losing his job, he lived miserably in a tiny room.
失业后,他在一间小屋里生活得十分悲惨。
悲惨地死去
Many travelers died miserably in the desert.
许多旅行者在沙漠中悲惨地死去。
湿得难受;浑身湿透
We got miserably wet waiting for the bus in the storm.
我们在暴风雨中等公交车,浑身湿得难受。
冷得难受;寒冷难耐
The classroom was miserably cold in February.
二月的教室里冷得令人难受。
彻底失败;一败涂地
He tried to fix the leak, but failed miserably.
他试图修理漏水,结果彻底失败了。
远未达到;相差甚远
The actual sales fell miserably short of the target.
实际销量远远没有达到目标。
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miserably 中 misery(苦难)+ ably,记住:苦难缠身,活得 miserably(悲惨地)。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常叙述、文学作品 通常用来描述某人或某事以悲惨、痛苦的方式发生,多用于书面或较为正式的语境,口语中也可使用。
这些词都以非重读的 -ably /əbli/ 结尾(comfortably 中是 /təbli/),听感尾部相近;但 miserably 的重音在第一音节,因此没有与之完全押韵的常用词。miserable 是其形容词原形,开头读音相同;preferably 的结尾 /ərəbli/ 与目标的 /ɝəbli/ 也很接近。注意拼写相似的 miserly 读作 /ˈmaɪzɚli/,与目标元音不同,意为“吝啬的”。
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