2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](地方、形势)令人难受的,令人抑郁的 If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed. (地方、形势)令人难受的,令人抑郁的
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
3ADJ-GRADED (天气)阴郁的,令人苦恼的 If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull. (天气)阴郁的,令人苦恼的
4ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n]脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的 If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly. 脾气坏的;不友善的;乖戾的
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
5ADJ 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的 You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be. 远远不足的;非常差劲的;少得可怜的 [emphasis]
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
我们在接近地面时的航速仅为2.2节。
It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.