1、enlist

（使）參軍;（使）入伍

Michael Hughes of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, enlisted in the 82nd Airborne 20 years ago.

來自賓夕法尼亞州拉克萬納的邁克爾·休斯20年前參軍，在第82空降師服役。

He enlisted as a private in the Mexican War.

在墨西哥戰(zhàn)爭中他參軍成為一名二等兵。

取得，贏得（幫助）

I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!

我不得不砍掉一棵樹，并叫來7位鄰居幫忙把樹抬出花園！

I've read that you've enlisted some 12-year-olds to help out in your campaign.

我讀到你讓一些12歲的孩子在宣傳活動(dòng)中做幫手。

2、miserable

苦惱的;痛苦的

I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.

我做了幾份薪酬微薄的秘書工作，這讓我非常郁悶。

She went to bed, miserable and depressed.

她傷心而沮喪地上床睡覺。

(天氣)陰郁的，令人苦惱的

It was a grey, wet, miserable day.

那是陰郁灰暗、潮濕多雨的一天。

It was very cold, damp and miserable.

天氣非常寒冷潮濕，令人難受。

遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不足的;非常差勁的;少得可憐的

Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.

我們在接近地面時(shí)的航速僅為2.2節(jié)。

It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.

迄今為止，從前南斯拉夫接收的難民只有區(qū)區(qū)1,100人。