mercy

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美[?m??rsi]

基本釋義

n.
寬容; 憐憫; 幸運(yùn); 僥幸

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

to ask/beg/plead for mercy

請(qǐng)求 / 乞求 / 祈求寬恕

牛津詞典

They showed no mercy to their hostages.

他們對(duì)人質(zhì)絲毫不講仁慈。

牛津詞典

God have mercy on us.

上帝憐憫我們吧。

牛津詞典

The troops are on a mercy mission (= a journey to help people) in the war zone.

部隊(duì)出發(fā)救助戰(zhàn)區(qū)民眾。

牛津詞典

It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.

幸運(yùn)的是她傷勢(shì)不重。

牛津詞典

I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank.

我不想任由銀行擺布。

牛津詞典

We were at the mercy of the weather.

我們受制于天氣。

牛津詞典

Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...

雙方都沒有抓俘虜,也沒有表現(xiàn)出絲毫的心慈手軟。

They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter...

他們哭喊著請(qǐng)求寬恕,可是他們的懇求卻遭到了謾罵和嘲笑。

She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa...

9個(gè)月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。

It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.

美國(guó)人一直在等人坐滿一架747飛機(jī),這便是第一次為期兩周的所謂慈善飛行。

It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...

他最后去得那么快,真是謝天謝地。

The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.

兩輛車最后都停在了緩沖區(qū),避開了賽車道,真是萬(wàn)幸。

Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...

建筑物因人為的肆意破壞及日曬雨淋而日益破敗。

The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.

皇帝必須意識(shí)到我們?nèi)斡伤幹谩?/p>

But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.

士氣如此低沉,一丁點(diǎn)的好運(yùn)都會(huì)讓隊(duì)員和球迷慶幸不已。

He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.

他準(zhǔn)備聽?wèi){法庭發(fā)落。

I will show no mercy to [ on ] him.

我決不對(duì)他 行善.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Please use the overpass to cross the street.

過(guò)馬路請(qǐng)走天橋.

期刊摘選

The murderer's entreaties for mercy availed to nothing.

無(wú)人理會(huì)殺人犯的求饒.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

That is a mercy!

那真是幸運(yùn)!

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.

她雙膝跪下, 乞求諒解.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.

對(duì)敵人的仁慈就意味著對(duì)人民的殘忍.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

We do pray you to show mercy.

我們懇求你發(fā)發(fā)慈悲.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

It's a mercy the accident happened so close to the hospital.

幸虧車禍發(fā)生在離醫(yī)院很近的地方.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

We try to strike a balance between justice and mercy.

我們?cè)O(shè)法做到寬嚴(yán)并濟(jì),恩威兼施.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

真題例句

In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.

2012年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;

    "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"

  • 2. a disposition to be kind and forgiving;

    "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband"

  • 3. the feeling that motivates compassion

  • 4. something for which to be thankful;

    "it was a mercy we got out alive"

  • 5. alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed;

    "distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"

同義詞辨析

pity, mercy, sympathy, compassion

這些名詞均有"同情,憐憫"之意。

  • pity: 指對(duì)弱者、不幸者所表示的憐惜之情。
  • mercy: 側(cè)重指對(duì)應(yīng)受懲罰或地位卑下者的慈悲或憐憫。
  • sympathy: 普通常用詞,含義廣。指志趣、看法上的一致,也指感情相投,帶有深深的惻隱之心的親切之情。
  • compassion: 較正式較莊重用詞,指對(duì)同等人的同情與理解,常含急切愿意幫忙的意味。

同義詞

反義詞

n.慈悲;寬容;善行

crueltymercilessness

其他釋義

cruelty

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