Solace
['sɒlɪs]
解释:
(v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
(v. t.) Rest; relaxation; ease.
(n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
(n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
(v. i.) To take comfort; to be cheered.
布鲁诺录入
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Cheer, comfort, soothe, console.[2]. Allay, assuage, soften, mitigate, relieve.
校对:赛克
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Consolation, comfort, alleviation, relief, sympathy
ANT:Affliction, war, bitterment,
手打:肖恩
解释:
n. consolation comfort in distress: relief: (obs.) pleasure amusement.—v.t. to comfort in distress: to console: to allay.—n. Sol′acement the act of solacing: the state of being solaced.—adj. Solā′cious (obs.) affording pleasure.
编辑:梅布尔
例句:
- It has been an escape from the former, and a solace for the necessity of the latter. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I had no solace from self-approbation: none even from self-respect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Clara, our lovely gentle Clara, was our stay, our solace, our delight. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Will I not guard, and cherish, and solace her? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- He had always made her feel that she was worthy of better things, and she had never been in greater need of such solace. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- For many years his was the only kindness she ever knew; the only friendship that solaced in any way that feeble, lonely soul. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- In her absence Miss Crawley solaced herself with the most sentimental of the novels in her library. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- He smiled as he told me to wipe my eyes; he waited quietly till I was calm, dropping from time to time a stilling, solacing word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
校对:韦恩