miseries n. 灾难;悲惨的境遇(misery的复数)
- And in 2010 Afghanistan will be “his” war, its miseries laid at his door.
在2010年阿富汗将是他自己的战争,它已经就在他的眼前。 - Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
工作是对一直以来困扰人类的所有疾病和痛苦的最好的治疗方法。 - Freed from the burdens and miseries of war,our trade and intercourse have extended throughout the world.
从战争的重负和苦难中得以解放,我们的贸易和交往遍布整个世界。
Misery \Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria,
fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[`e]re, OF. also, miserie.]
1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer.
Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom.
iii. 16.
2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak.
3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]
Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish;
distress; calamity; misfortune.