Miseria in english
Misery
pronunciation: mɪzɜri part of speech: noun
pronunciation: mɪzɜri part of speech: noun
In gestures
miseria = destitution ; penury ; pittance ; squalor ; sordidness ; poverty ; chump change.
Example: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Example: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Example: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Example: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Example: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Example: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Example: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.more:
» en la miseria = down-and-out ; in chapter 11 [En los Estados Unidos, 'Chapter 11' se refiere a una ley por la cual aquellas empresas que están en quiebra tienen un período de gracia para seguir funcionando de modo que puedan pagar las deudas a sus acreedores] ; penniless ; out-at-(the)-elbows ; hard-up .
Example: The story is based on an overheard conversation between a well-meaning librarian and a down-and-out old man seeking validation for his unpublished poetry. Example: And we all know that both U.S. Airways and United Airlines are in 'Chapter 11,' with other major airlines not far behind. Example: Now he lives penniless near a beautiful lake surrounded by rainforest and teeming with waterfowl. Example: Nature meant him for a slipshod, shambling Bohemian -- happy, out-at-the-elbows, always in debt, always irresponsible, and always pursued by duns and bailiffs. Example: Parents are so hard up they are leaving their babies in wet nappies because they cannot afford to change them.» hundir en la miseria = pile + misery upon misery ; pile on + the misery ; pile on + the agony .
Example: The continuing poor weather has piled misery upon misery for flood-hit towns and villages across the UK. Example: The recent elections, frequent strikes and airport and aircraft safety issues are some of the problems that have helped pile on the misery on the tourism sector. Example: I am trying to avoid anything sad in this book, for surely the world is sad enough at present without my pen piling on the agony.» hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression ; sink into + poverty ; wallow in + Posesivo + misery .
Example: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression. Example: The poorest layer of the population is predominantly black, although an increasing number of white households are rapidly sinking into poverty. Example: The starting point for financial recovery is to stop wallowing in your misery and accept reality.» miseria absoluta = grinding misery .
Example: It is here that grinding poverty exists side by side with poor housing and amenities, unemployment, substandard education, racial tensions and a higher than average level of one-parent families and problem families.» miseria más absoluta, la = abject poverty .
Example: The aim is to understand the processes which keep these households in their current state of abject poverty.» morir en la miseria = die in + poverty .
Example: A life long gambler, he ended up dying in poverty in 1762 at the age of 87.» pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door ; have + the wolf at the door .
Example: Yes, I know it's late, but there has been 'trouble at mill' -- the wolves have been at the doors, and the natives are nervous. Example: One of life's realities is that, at one time or another, almost all of us will have the wolf at the door.» por una miseria = for a pittance .
Example: They trucks had sat gathering dust ever since, but have now been flogged off for a pittance to a second-hand dealer = Desde entonces los camiones han estado allí muertos de risa, pero ahora se han podido deshacer de ellos vendiéndoselos por cuatro perras a un compraventa de artículos de segunda mano.» salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog .
Example: To haul themselves out of their bog, their networks must facilitate tailoring of records to meet local needs.» ser una miseria = be (just) chicken feed .
Example: $2.5 million may be chicken feed to you, but here in the real world it is a big deal.» vender por una miseria = sell + Nombre + for a pittance ; sell + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Destitute, Vivaldi was forced to sell further scores for a pittance before dying in a fleapit, aged 63, at the end of July 1741. Example: I sold them for a song compared to what they go for now.» vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor ; walk + the streets of misery ; live in + penury .
Example: Despite the high rate of mental illness in people living in squalor, only about half have received psychiatric treatment in the previous year. Example: He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery. Example: Prior to that he spent almost a year not having a clue what to do with his life and living in penury.