early 15c., "full of misery, causing wretchedness" (of conditions), from Old French miserable "prone to pity, merciful," and directly from Latin miserabilis "pitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament, deplore," from miser "wretched" (see miser). Of persons, "existing in a state of misery" it is attested from 1520s.
双语例句
1. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.
内心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去寻找琼－保罗。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
这个鬼地方根本没有什么东西可以让他分心。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
