英语单词词义辨析 词汇精选：misery的用法和辨析

词汇精选：misery的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,n.,悲惨，不幸 [U],例句：,Misery makes strange bedfellows.,患难时不择友。,例句：,The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.,旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。,穷困 [U],例句：,We must help to deliver them from misery and suffering.,我们必须帮他们从困苦中解救出来。,例句：,A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their o million fellow countrymen.,一小撮受过良好教育的精英分子从他们200万同胞的贫苦生活中获取利益。,痛苦；苦恼 [C],例句：,The family lived in misery for several years.,这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。,例句：,I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment.,我正为失业而痛苦。,二、词义辨析：,agony,anguish,torment,torture,grief,misery,distress,sorrow,这些名词均有“苦恼、痛苦”之意。agony侧重指精神或身体痛苦的剧烈程度。anguish指精神方面令人难以忍受的极度痛苦；用于身体时，多指局部或暂时的痛苦。torment强调烦恼或痛苦的长期性。torture语气比toment强，指在精神或肉体上受到的折磨所产生的痛苦。grief指由某种特殊处境或原因造成的强烈的感情上的苦恼与悲痛。misery着重痛苦的可悲状态，多含不幸、可怜或悲哀的意味。distress多指因思想上的压力紧张、恐惧、忧虑等所引起的精神上的痛苦，也可指某种灾难带来的痛苦。sorrow语气比grief弱，指因不幸、损失或失望等所产生的悲伤。,三、参考例句：,Misery makes strange bedfellows.,患难时不择友。,Misery loves pany.,同病相怜，同忧相救。,War begets misery and ruin.,战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根。,War breeds misery and ruin.,战争造成创伤和毁灭。,War causes misery and waste.,战争造成痛苦和损耗。,Wars bring misery and ruin.,战争带来苦难和毁灭。,Her look of misery haunts me.,她那痛苦的表情常常在我的脑海里浮现。,Fame brought her nothing but misery.,名声只给她带来了痛苦。,I have told you all my misery.,我已经告诉了你我的一切痛苦。,The  relief of misery/poverty/suffuring.,不幸/穷困/痛楚的消除。