| 词汇 | consolatory |
| 释义 | consolatory adjective formaluk /kənˈsɒl.ə.tər.i/ us /kənˈsɑː.lə.tɔːr.i/ making or intended to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better: 安慰的，抚慰的 a consolatory remark安慰的话 My friend came over and gave me a consolatory pat on the back.我朋友走过来拍了拍我的后背安慰我。 See consolation I felt that this idea might one day be consolatory to her. His wife and his parents would try to find the right consolatory words. the consolatory power of art and faith Sympathy & compassion aw bad/hard/tough luck!idiom better luck next timeidiom bleeding heart cheese heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartrending heartrendingly pitifully pitifulness pity pityingly poor relate sensitivity sympathetic sympathize sympathy your heart goes out to someoneidiom Examples of consolatoryconsolatory Some were intended for the mourning relatives and belong to a long tradition of sending consolatory letters or poetry to the bereaved. Functioning both as narratives and allegories, these vases have a consolatory effect by presenting a fortiori tragic examples of human suffering. In actual fact, it seems increasingly less consolatory seeing as, three years later, very little headway has been made towards attaining that objective. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It was charming and mellifluous as always—a speech which was explanatory, deprecatory, mitigatory and consolatory, yet to me, at any rate, not wholly satisfactory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consolatory payment does not, however, preclude a request for more generous compensation for worry and distress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A new type of consolatory payment will be introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The special payments scheme was revised in 1997 to introduce consolatory payments for inconvenience and distress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a constituent whose life was put on hold for more than two years, during which he lost his driving licence, who was offered a consolatory payment of £250. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition to payments for financial loss, consolatory payments may be considered in exceptional circumstances where an official error has adversely affected the life of the client. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Orators in antiquity often delivered consolatory speeches to comfort mourners at funerals or in cases of public mourning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The second subject could be described as being a consolatory version of the first. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is consolatory, however, to know that in his last moments he was able to express contrition, and his sorrowing friends have hope in his death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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