comfort
comfort 英 [ˈkʌmfət] 美 [ˈkʌmfərt]
n. 安慰；舒适 vt. 安慰
进行时:comforting 过去式:comforted 过去分词:comforted 第三人称单数:comforts 名词复数:comforts
- To comfort someone is to give solace or to soothe. You might comfort your brother when his favorite team gets knocked out of the playoffs.
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- n. 安慰；舒适
- vt. 安慰
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1. They had enough money to live in comfort in their old age.
他们有足够的钱舒舒服服地安度晚年。
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2. to take comfort from sb's words, to draw comfort from sb's words
从某人的话中得到安慰
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3. I tried to offer a few words of comfort.
我试图说上几句安慰的话。
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4. The sound of gunfire was too close for comfort.
炮火声太近，让人恐慌不安。
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5. His words were of little comfort in the circumstances.
在这种情况下，他的话起不了什么安慰作用。
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6. It's a comfort to know that she is safe.
知道她安然无恙是令人宽慰的事。
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7. material comforts
物质上的舒适条件（钱财）
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8. It comforted her to feel his arms around her.
感受到他的拥抱使她得到安慰。
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9. She comforted herself with the thought that it would soon be spring.
她想到春天很快就要来临，以此来宽慰自己。
- comfort (n.) c. 1200, "feeling of relief in affliction or sorrow; solace, consolation" (as still in take comfort); also "source of alleviation or relief;" from Old French confort "consolation, solace; pleasure, enjoyment," from conforter "to solace; to help,
- comfort (v.) late 13c., conforten "to cheer up, console, soothe when in grief or trouble," from Old French conforter "to comfort, to solace; to help, strengthen," from Late Latin confortare "to strengthen much" (used in Vulgate), from assimilated form of Latin com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + fortis "strong" (see fort). Change of -n- to -m- began in English 14c.
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