mis·e·ry/`mɪzərɪ; ˈmɪzəri/ n [U] 1 when someone is very unhappy 难受，痛苦: the misery of life in the refugee camps 在难民营中生活的痛苦 2 put sb/sth out of their misery a)informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear 【非正式】 解除某人的焦虑〔尤指告诉他们渴望听到的事情〕: Come on, put us out of our misery and tell us what happened. 来吧，别让我们忐忑不安了，告诉我们发生了什么事。 b) to kill an animal that is old or ill so that it does not suffer any more 杀死动物以结束其痛苦〔指老的或生病的动物〕