They received many letters of sympathy from well-wishers. 他们收到许多来信，寄信人向他们表示同情和祝福。
I thought his mother had died, but fortunately I met someone who'd actually seen her that morning in the hospital and he set me right before I sent off my letter of sympathy. 我以为他母亲已去世，幸亏在我寄出吊唁信之前，我碰到了一个那天上午还在医院里见过她母亲的人，他使我避免了这场误会。
