condolence
n. 吊唁,慰唁
A message of condolence is a message in which you express your sympathy for someone because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
尼尔给他发了一封唁函。
When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident.
他向这次事件中的死者家属表示了慰唁。
1. an expression of sympathy with another's grief;
Letters and telegrams of condolence streamed in from heads of state, housewives, politicians, millionaires, secretaries.
国家元首 、 政治家 、 百万富翁 、 家庭主妇以及部长 、 大臣的唁电唁函涨潮般涌来.
I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.
我觉得无论说什么安慰的话也无济于事,便索性让他一声不响地躺在那里.
Please accept my heartfelt condolence.
请接受我诚挚的慰问.
Tomorrow many Canadians will line up at Chinese and consulates to sign the book of condolence.
明天很多加拿大人会在中国使领馆前排队,在吊唁簿上签字.
After signing a condolence book at Pakistan's embassy in Washington, President Bush offered his sympathy.
布什总统在巴基斯坦驻美大使馆的悼念簿上签字后, 表示了他的慰问.