cold comfort 英 [kəuld ˈkʌmfət]   美 [kold ˈkʌmfət]

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 

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。
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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  • phrase. 无用安慰;不起作用的安慰
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

ˌcold ˈcomfort / ; NAmE / noun [uncountable ] the fact that sth that would normally be good does not make you happy because the whole situation is bad 于事无补的安慰;不起作用的慰藉 A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job. 对数百万失业者来说,一点点通货膨胀率的下降是不起什么作用的安慰。 ˌcold ˈcomfort / ; NAmE /
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