condolence
condolence 英 [kənˈdəʊləns] 美 [kənˈdoʊləns]
n. 哀悼；慰问
名词复数:condolences
- A condolence is an expression of sympathy and sorrow to someone who has suffered a loss, like the letter of condolence you send to a faraway friend who has lost a loved one.
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- n. 哀悼；慰问
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1. to give condolences, to offer condolences, to express your condolences
表示慰唁
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2. Our condolences go to his wife and family.
向他的妻子和家人谨致吊慰之意。
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3. a letter of condolence
吊唁信
- condolence (n.) c. 1600, "sympathetic grief, sorrowing with another" (a sense now obsolete); 1610s, "expression of sympathy to one in distress, mourning, etc.," from Late Latin condolens, present participle of condolere "to suffer with another" (from assimilated form of com "with, together" + dolere "to grieve;" see doleful) + -ence. Often in form condoleance 1600-1800. Condolent, "sympathizing, compassionate," is attested from c. 1500, from Latin condolentem.
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