mercy的中文翻譯是什麼意思
mercy
n. 寬容; 憐憫; 幸運; 僥倖
mercy的柯林斯釋義
N-UNCOUNT仁慈;憐憫;寬恕
If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish.
Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...
雙方都沒有抓俘虜，也沒有表現出絲毫的心慈手軟。
They cried for mercy but their pleas were met with abuse and laughter...
他們哭喊著請求寬恕，可是他們的懇求卻遭到了謾罵和嘲笑。
ADJ慈善的;救援的
Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war.
She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa...
9個月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。
It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
美國人一直在等人坐滿一架747飛機，這便是第一次為期兩週的所謂慈善飛行。
N-COUNT幸運;僥倖
If you refer to an event or situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant happening.
It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...
他最後去得那麼快，真是謝天謝地。
The two cars finished up in a run-off area, clear of the circuit, and that was a mercy.
兩輛車最後都停在了緩衝區，避開了賽車道，真是萬幸。
PHRASE完全由…支配;任由…擺佈
If one person or thing is at the mercy of another, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves being harmed or affected by the second.
Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...
建築物因人為的肆意破壞及日曬雨淋而日益破敗。
The Emperor must realize that he has us at his mercy.
皇帝必須意識到我們任由他處置。
PHRASE為壞情況沒有變得更糟而慶幸
If you tell someone who is in an unpleasant situation that they should be grateful or thankful for small mercies, you mean that although their situation is bad, it could be even worse, and so they should be happy.
But so low has morale sunk that the team and the fans would have been grateful for small mercies.
士氣如此低沉，一丁點的好運都會讓隊員和球迷慶幸不已。
PHRASE聽憑…發落
If you throw yourself on someone's mercy, you put yourself in a situation where they will have complete power to decide how to treat you, for example whether to punish or forgive you.
He's going to throw himself on the mercy of the court.
他準備聽憑法庭發落。
mercy的英文釋義
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
mercy的同義詞辨析
pity, mercy, sympathy, compassion
這些名詞均有"同情，憐憫"之意。
- pity ： 指對弱者、不幸者所表示的憐惜之情。
- mercy ： 側重指對應受懲罰或地位卑下者的慈悲或憐憫。
- sympathy ： 普通常用詞，含義廣。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，帶有深深的惻隱之心的親切之情。
- compassion ： 較正式較莊重用詞，指對同等人的同情與理解，常含急切願意幫忙的意味。
mercy的短語
be thankful (或 grateful) for small mercies
慶幸不利情況已略有改善
have mercy on (或 upon)
寬恕；對…有憐憫之心
leave someone/thing to the mercy of
聽任…由（可能有危險或危害的形勢）擺佈
throw oneself on someone's mercy
特意懇求（某人）寬恕
at the mercy of
任由…擺佈；在…面前無助
mercy的場景例句
I will show no mercy to [ on ] him.
我決不對他 行善.
The murderer's entreaties for mercy availed to nothing.
無人理會殺人犯的求饒.
That is a mercy!
那真是幸運!
She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.
她雙膝跪下, 乞求諒解.
Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.
對敵人的仁慈就意味著對人民的殘忍.