mercy

英 ['mɜːsi] 美 ['mɜːrsi]

• n. 仁慈；怜悯；恩惠；宽恕

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]宽容,怜悯,仁慈

   willingness to forgive, not to punish; kindness and pity

2. [S]幸运之事,侥幸

   a fortunate event

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 仁慈，慈悲
2. 怜悯
3. 侥幸
4. 宽容，宽恕
5. 恩惠
6. 仁慈行为，善行
7. <口>幸运
8. 救济，救难
9. 听任某人可能受到虐待（而无能为力）
10. 指望某人能够善待你
11. 感谢
12. 好处

adj. 形容词

1. 仁慈的
2. 宽恕的

int. 感叹词

1. 哎呀，我的天哪

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.
   对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。
2. They showed their enemies no mercy.
   他们不给敌人半点仁慈。
3. They never appealed to us for mercy.
   他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。
4. The commander showed mercy to the prisoners of war.
   司令官对战俘十分怜悯。
5. The prisoner implored the king for mercy.
   囚犯恳求国王开恩。
6. The prisoner appealed to the judge for mercy.
   囚犯恳求法官开恩。
7. The king showed no mercy and killed all the prisoners.
   这个国王没有宽容之心，杀死了所有的犯人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He showed mercy to the defeated enemy.
   他怜悯被打败的敌人。
2. They had little mercy on their enemy.
   他们对敌人决不留情。
3. The traitor will be given no mercy.
   那个叛徒绝不会得到饶恕。
4. The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.
   犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
5. We must be thankful for small mercies.
   我们对于小惠亦当感谢。
6. We do pray you to show mercy.
   我们恳求你发发慈悲。
7. What a mercy he escaped the fire.
   他从火中逃生真是幸运的事。
8. It's a mercy the accident happened so close to the hospital.
   幸亏车祸发生在离医院很近的地方。

经典引文

• Their enemies will fall upon them..and show them no mercy.

  出自： Burke

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

at the mercy of

任…摆布,在…前毫无办法powerless against

leave sb to the tender mercy

吃(某人的)苦头,任凭(某人)宰割give to the cruel control of

without mercy

无情地by pitiless

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• allow no mercy 不能宽恕
• beg for mercy 乞求怜悯,乞求宽恕
• beg the mercy of 恳求得到…的宽恕
• cry for mercy 恳求饶命
• have〔show〕 mercy on 对…表示同情

形容词+～

• ill-judged mercy 判断错误而给予的宽恕
• infinite mercy 无限的宽恕
• intellectual mercy 明智的同情
• tender mercy 仁慈的宽恕

介词+～

• at sb's mercy 任人摆布
• at the mercy of 受…支配,在…的掌握之中,任凭…摆布
• throw oneself at sb's mercy 向某人请求宽恕
• for mercy 因为怜悯的缘故
• spare sb out of mercy 出于仁慈饶了某人
• without mercy 毫不宽恕

词义辨析

n. (名词)

mercy, compassion, pity, sympathy

• 这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。其区别在于:pity通常只表示内心感到难过或同情,少给予帮助; sympathy指“同情心”或“恻隐之心”,强调共同分担,进而对某种经历或遭遇引起共鸣; compassion指“同情心”,强调由于理解而同情,并主动给予帮助,常常指通过自身痛苦或不幸而同情别人; mercy指“仁慈”或“怜悯”,含有主动救助别人脱离苦难之义。例如:
• It is a pity that such an ability as him should be employed about such trifle matters.真可惜,像他这样有才能的人竟然被用来做这类琐事。
• Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
• The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
• He was moved with sympathy.他动了恻隐之心。

pity，mercy，sympathy，compassion

• 这些名词均有“同情、怜悯”之意。
• pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。
• mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。
• sympathy普通常用词，含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。
• compassion较正式较庄重用词，指对同等人的同情与理解，常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。

词源解说

• ☆ 12世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的merci，意为付钱，奖励。

近反义词

【近义词】

• humanness
• kindness
• pity
• sympathy

【反义词】

• cruelty 残酷