"make life miserable for" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 讓…生活痛苦

Definition

讓某人的生活變得非常不開心或長期受苦。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是口語表達，指長期讓某人感到難受或困擾，常見於描述上司、父母、老師等情境。不是字面意義，並不涉及身體傷害。

Examples

My noisy neighbors make life miserable for everyone in the building.

我吵鬧的鄰居**讓**整棟樓的每個人生活都很痛苦。

She makes life miserable for her little brother by taking his toys.

她通過拿走弟弟的玩具**讓他的生活痛苦不堪**。

The strict teacher makes life miserable for the students.

那位嚴格的老師**讓學生的生活變得痛苦不堪**。

My boss used to make life miserable for us with endless meetings.

老闆以前用沒完沒了的會議**讓我們生活痛苦不堪**。

Don't let negative people make life miserable for you — just ignore them.

別讓消極的人**讓你的生活變得痛苦**——直接無視他們吧。

All the paperwork really makes life miserable for small business owners.

所有這些文書工作確實**讓小企業主的生活痛苦**。