核心畫面
A weight of suffering that sits on someone and does not lift — not a sharp moment of pain but a long, grinding state: no money, no home, sickness, or a sadness that fills the whole day. The word carries duration; misery is something you are stuck inside.
可以想成一種壓在人身上、而且遲遲不會挪開的難受。它不是一下子的痛，比較像長期泡在裡面的狀態——沒錢、沒地方住、身體壞…更多收起
可以想成一種壓在人身上、而且遲遲不會挪開的難受。它不是一下子的痛，比較像長期泡在裡面的狀態——沒錢、沒地方住、身體壞掉，或是那種從早到晚都散不掉的沉重。misery 這個字的重點在「持續」：不是被刺了一下，是被困在裡面出不來。後面所有用法都圍著這個「困住的苦」在轉：有人把你推進去、有人把你拉出來、也有人自己活在裡面還順手把別人拖下水。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Miseryname
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derogatoryslangDerogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States.
- First, the young lady whom you spoke as becoming [a] mistress of the establishment would most likely (if she could become as such) be brought into a state of misery, instead of being brought from the state of misery, (or Missouri), [...]
miserynoun/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/
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Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.
- For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
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dialectalA bodily ache or pain.
- [...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.
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Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
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poverty.
- The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]
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archaicgreed; avarice.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。