| 词汇 | mercy |
| 释义 | mercy noun uk /ˈmɜː.si/ us /ˈmɝː.si/ mercynoun (KINDNESS)C2[ U ] kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over: 慈悲，怜悯;仁慈，宽容 She appealed to the judge to have mercy on her husband.她请求法官宽恕她的丈夫。 The prisoners pleaded for mercy.囚犯们恳求得到宽大处理。 The gunmen showed no mercy, killing innocent men and women.那些枪手毫无怜悯之心，滥杀无辜男女。 be at the mercy of someone/something C2 to be in a situation where someone or something has complete power over you: 任凭…的摆布，完全受…的支配 Poor people are increasingly at the mercy of predatory lenders. He begged for mercy as the blows fell on him . Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature . They begged for mercy.他们乞求饶恕。 He bowed down before the king and begged for mercy. Lenient & merciful charitable charitably charity clemency ease ease up/off easy go easyidiom have a heart!idiom heart leniency lenient magnanimous magnanimously merciful quarter squishy mercynoun (EVENT/SITUATION)[ S ] an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant: 恩惠；解脱 After months of suffering, his death was a mercy.经受了数月痛苦的折磨后，死对他是一种解脱。 They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked.他们受到袭击时正在执行一项为难民运送食品的救援任务。 Good luck and bad luck align bad/hard/tough luck!idiom be bad luck on someoneidiom be down on your luckidiom be in/out of luckidiom blessing fortune cookie fortune smiles on someoneidiom get the short end of the stickidiom godsend grace merciful mercifully miracle misadventure mischance streak voodoo with any luckidiom your luck's in!idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing pleasure mercy | American Dictionarymercy noun[ U ] us/ˈmɜr·si/ mercynoun[U] (KINDNESS)kindness shown toward someone whom you have the right or power to punish: He begged for mercy. The soldiers showed no mercy toward their prisoners. mercynoun[U] (LUCK)something that is considered lucky because it is not as bad as it had been or could have been: It’s a mercy that no one was hurt in the fire. Examples of mercymercy Well, we must be thankful for small mercies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I should prefer to say that we are thankful for small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present the public are left altogether to his mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should be thankful for what at the moment may seem to them to be small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these days of stricter control we must accept small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Be that as it may we must be grateful for small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that one can say of the defence review, is that one looks for small mercies in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One wonders whether that reduction will be sufficient to enable football clubs to improve their grounds, but we are grateful for small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are thankful for small mercies, and for a reduction in the telephone charges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At any rate, we must be thankful for small mercies, and that we have now been spared all that oratory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The men have been thrown on to the mercies of the receiver on two or three occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although the mercies are small, we are grateful for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the basis of small mercies, perhaps the matter is better left there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To that extent we are thankful for small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we must again be thankful for small mercies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mercy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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