put out of sb's misery
▲put sb out of sb's misery 1.让…一死百了end sb's sufferings by killing him
The dying man was suffering so much that we thought it kinder to put him out of his misery.那个垂死的人难受得不得了,所以我们认为让他一死了之更为仁慈些。
2.使…不再担忧〔疑虑〕end sb's anxiety or suspense
Tell me the end of the story, put me out of my misery.告诉我故事的结果吧,别让我焦急地等了。
句型例句
The family lived in misery for several years.这家人过了几年的痛苦生活。
They were sunk deep in misery.他们沉浸在深沉的悲痛之中。
I'm ill with misery.我病得难受。
I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment.我正为失业而痛苦。
You old misery!你这个爱抱怨的老家伙!
词语辨异
misery, agony, torment 参见agony条。
下面两个句子意思相同:
It was sheer misery to live there!
It was sheer misery living there!
住在那个地方真叫人讨厌!
