| 词汇 | comforted |
| 释义 | comforted past simple and past participle ofcomfort comfort verb[ T ] uk /ˈkʌm.fət/ us /ˈkʌm.fɚt/ C2 to make someone feel better when they are sad or worried: 安慰，抚慰，宽慰 The girl's mother was at home today, being comforted by relatives.女孩的母亲今天在家，有亲戚在安慰她。 Synonyms console solaceliterary Reassuring assure someone of something be/take a weight off your mindidiom calm calm (someone) down consolation console consoling consolingly heartening lift lighten reassurance reassure reassuring set/put someone's mind at rest/easeidiom settle down tabling they should worry!idiom weight you do you idiom Examples of comfortedcomforted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. She knew that he had found faith difficult, but was comforted that he had taken this first step towards it. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. To cry is to bare oneself and the best solution is not always to be comforted. The girl is comforted and taken out of the room. You ought to be distressed by arguments that they do not exist and comforted by arguments that they do exist. Therefore, she accepted the divorce and would be comforted by her son. For example, when asked about the way her parents responded when she fell off a ladder and hurt her knee, there was no indication the subject was comforted. The patient who did not enter into remission of his leukemia is not comforted by the knowledge that 95% of patients who received the same therapy do. The mourners cannot be comforted. We are able to enjoy their fame vicariously but are asked to sympathise in a way that makes us feel comforted not to share in fame's limiting aspects. We should be comforted by their presence. Paradoxically, instead of being comforted by the exiguity of cases in which a negative outcome has been reported, some researchers tend to consider the phenomenon alarming. The great majority were for relatives of nuns, many of whom could be comforted by the knowledge that they would be commemorated by their relatives in the convent. I am comforted that we are in full agreement about the way in which to go about tackling drugs together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he may be comforted to know that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。