cold comfort
cold comfort 英 [kəuld ˈkʌmfət] 美 [kold ˈkʌmfət]
phrase. 无用安慰;不起作用的安慰
名词复数:cold comforts
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- phrase. 无用安慰;不起作用的安慰
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1. But eventuality can b e cold comfort in an era when tomorrow is radically different from today and unrecognizable compared with yesterday.
但是在一个明天同今天根本不同并且根本无法与昨天相比的时代,最终结果只是一种冷冰冰的安慰罢了。
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2. As a whole, the continent at the bottom of the Earth has warmed by roughly half a degree Celsius in the last 50 years—cold comfort for climatologists.
总的来说,我们地球底端的大陆在过去50年里暖了差不多0.5摄氏度——-对气候学家来说,这是个不起任何作用的安慰。
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3. But, when it's you without a job, when you're not able to draw a paycheck, that's cold comfort.
可是,当你没有工作,当你领不到薪水,那是简直不起作用的安慰。
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