Word · Frequency #11954
miserably
非常不幸地;可悲地;贫困地
in a miserable manner
- 1.
In a miserable manner.
可怜地;悲惨地;糟糕地。
- 2.
in a miserable manner
以悲惨的方式
可怜地;悲惨地;糟糕地。;以悲惨的方式;非常不幸地;可悲地;贫困地
In use
After failing the exam, he sat miserably in his room.
She waited for the bus in the cold rain, shivering miserably.
The team lost the final game miserably.
I bit my lip miserably and nodded
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。
miserably + adjective
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。
Common mistakes
He felt miserably.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。
He failed miserable.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。
Connections
Collocations
- fail miserably
- 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。
- live miserably
- 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。
- die miserably
- 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。
- miserably wet
- 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。
- miserably cold
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
miserably 中 misery(苦难)+ ably,记住:苦难缠身,活得 miserably(悲惨地)。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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”。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.