Consolation
[,kɒnsə'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [ˌkɑnsəˈleʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; 'his presence was a consolation to her'.
(noun.) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; 'second place was no consolation to him'.
安吉拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
整理:马提
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Solace, comfort, encouragement, alleviation of sorrow, relief from distress.
整理:帕斯夸里
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
加勒特錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She indeed requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Ned was offended and turned to Sallie for consolation, saying to her rather pettishly, There isn't a bit of flirt in that girl, is there? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I fear, I know, that the couch needs spiritual as well as medical consolation. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- How I used to pray to Heaven for consolation and support! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Just at the door he said to them a few brief but very earnest words of religious consolation and exhortation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- P'raps they're sent as a consolation, if we only know'd it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She met Gerty's lamentable eyes, fixed on her in a despairing effort at consolation, and the look brought her to herself. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Is your loss such as leaves no opening for consolation? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Thank Goodness it will always be a consolation to me to know that I instantly went out in a pouring rain and bought the things. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But he had two consolations at the close of the performance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Home, wife, children, domestic love, domestic consolations—what more can the heart of man desire? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
伊米莉亚整理