mercy

英['mɜːsi] 美['mɜːrsi]
  • n. 仁慈;怜悯;恩惠;宽恕
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星级词汇:
  • merc n.外国雇佣兵
    n. (名词)
    1. 仁慈,慈悲
    2. 怜悯
    3. 侥幸
    4. 宽容,宽恕
    5. 恩惠
    6. 仁慈行为,善行
    7. <口>幸运
    8. 救济,救难
    9. 听任某人可能受到虐待(而无能为力)
    10. 指望某人能够善待你
    11. 感谢
    12. 好处
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 仁慈的
    2. 宽恕的
    int. (感叹词)
    1. 哎呀,我的天哪
    n. (名词)
    1. [U]宽容,怜悯,仁慈 willingness to forgive, not to punish; kindness and pity
    2. [S]幸运之事,侥幸 a fortunate event

英英释义

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"

1. The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
皇帝必须意识到我们任由他处置。

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2. Ordinary people are at the mercy of faceless bureaucrats.
普通人的命运任凭那些平庸刻板的官僚们摆布。

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3. They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.
他们打算毫不留情地迅速结果了她。

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4. He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
他准备听凭法庭发落。

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5. Kelly prayed that God would judge her with mercy.
凯莉祈求在接受最后的审判时能得到上帝的怜悯。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.
      对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。
    2. They showed their enemies no mercy.
      他们不给敌人半点仁慈。
    3. They never appealed to us for mercy.
      他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。
    4. The commander showed mercy to the prisoners of war.
      司令官对战俘十分怜悯。
    5. The prisoner implored the king for mercy.
      囚犯恳求国王开恩。
    6. The prisoner appealed to the judge for mercy.
      囚犯恳求法官开恩。
    7. The king showed no mercy and killed all the prisoners.
      这个国王没有宽容之心,杀死了所有的犯人。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He showed mercy to the defeated enemy.
      他怜悯被打败的敌人。
    2. They had little mercy on their enemy.
      他们对敌人决不留情。
    3. The traitor will be given no mercy.
      那个叛徒绝不会得到饶恕。
    4. The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.
      犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
    5. We must be thankful for small mercies.
      我们对于小惠亦当感谢。
    6. We do pray you to show mercy.
      我们恳求你发发慈悲。
    7. What a mercy he escaped the fire.
      他从火中逃生真是幸运的事。
    8. It's a mercy the accident happened so close to the hospital.
      幸亏车祸发生在离医院很近的地方。
n. (名词)
mercy, compassion, pity, sympathy
  • 这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。其区别在于:pity通常只表示内心感到难过或同情,少给予帮助; sympathy指“同情心”或“恻隐之心”,强调共同分担,进而对某种经历或遭遇引起共鸣; compassion指“同情心”,强调由于理解而同情,并主动给予帮助,常常指通过自身痛苦或不幸而同情别人; mercy指“仁慈”或“怜悯”,含有主动救助别人脱离苦难之义。例如:
  • It is a pity that such an ability as him should be employed about such trifle matters.真可惜,像他这样有才能的人竟然被用来做这类琐事。
  • Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
  • The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
  • He was moved with sympathy.他动了恻隐之心。
  • pity,mercy,sympathy,compassion
  • 这些名词均有“同情、怜悯”之意。
  • pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。
  • mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。
  • sympathy普通常用词,含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致,也指感情相投,带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。
  • compassion较正式较庄重用词,指对同等人的同情与理解,常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    at the mercy of
      任…摆布,在…前毫无办法powerless against
    leave sb to the tender mercy
      吃(某人的)苦头,任凭(某人)宰割give to the cruel control of
    without mercy
      无情地by pitiless
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