consolation
consolation 英 [,kɒnsə'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌkɑnsəˈleʃən]
n. 安慰；慰问；起安慰作用的人或事物
名词复数:consolations
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- n. 安慰；慰问；起安慰作用的人或事物
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1. The little girl is a great consolation to her parents.
这小女孩是他父母的莫大安慰。
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2. The only consolation in this is if we go on and win the secondary one.
唯一的安慰就是，我们继续向前，赢得这座次要的奖杯。
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3. There is in Frost no God, no transcendental source of guidance or consolation, nothing out there in the world but the material conditions of our circumstances.
在弗罗斯特的诗里，没有上帝，没有卓越的指引和安慰，这个世界里什么都没有,除了我们生活环境的物质条件。
- consolation (n.) late 14c., "that which consoles;" c. 1400, "act of consoling, alleviation of misery or distress of mind, mitigation of grief or anxiety," from Old French consolacion "solace, comfort; delight, pleasure" (11c., Modern French consolation), from Latin consolationem (nominative consolatio) "a consoling, comfort," noun of action from past-participle stem of consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Consolation prize is recorded by 1853.
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