| 单词 | mercy |
| 释义 | mercy /'mxsi; 'mrsi/ n (pl -cies) 1 [U] (capacity for) holding oneself back from punishing, or from causing suffering to, sb whom one has the right or power to punish: 仁慈; 怜悯; 宽恕; 慈悲心： They showed little ~ to their enemies. 他们对仇敌毫无怜悯之意。附 e were given no ~. 我们没有得到宽恕。 He threw himself on my ~, .begged me to have ~ on him, not to punish him, etc. 他求我宽恕他。 The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to ~, asking that the punishment should not be too severe. 陪审团宣判被吿有罪附带建议从轻量刑。 at the ~ of. in the power of; without defence against: 任由…摆布; 在…的掌握中; 无法防御 ： The ship was at the ~ of the waves, was out of control, likely to be wrekced, etc. 船在浪涛中随波漂流。 be left to the tender ~ /mercies of, be exposed to the probably unkind, rough or cruel treatment of. 在凭十宰割。 2 [C] piece of good fortune; sth to be thankful for; relief: 幸运; 应感谢的事物; 恩惠; 减轻或解除痛苦之事物： That's a ~! 那真幸运！ We must be thankful for small mercies. 我们对小惠也应感激。 His death was a ~, eg of sb with a painful and incurable illness. 他的死亡是一种解脱 (例如对一患痛苦而不治之症者) 。 ' ~ killing n (colloq for) euthanasia. 无痛苦致死术; 安死术 (使患痛苦不治之症者无痛苦死七; 为 euthanasia 之俗语) 。 3 M ~！ M~ on us! exclamations of surprise or (often pretended) terror. (表示惊愕或故作惊恐时的感叹词句) 啊呀！我的天哪！ |
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