| 单词 | mercy |
| 释义 | mercyBrE /ˈmɜːsi/ NAmE /ˈmɜːrsi/ noun (plural mercies) [U ]a kind or forgiving attitude towards sb that you have the power to harm or right to punish 仁慈；宽恕SYN humanity◆ to ask /beg /plead for mercy 请求/乞求/祈求宽恕◆ They showed no mercy to their hostages . 他们对人质丝毫不讲仁慈。◆ God have mercy on us . 上帝怜悯我们吧。◆ The troops are on a mercy mission (= a journey to help people )in the war zone . 部队出发救助战地民众。[C , usually sing. ](informal ) an event or a situation to be grateful for , usually because it stops sth unpleasant 幸运；恩惠◆ It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt . 幸运的是她伤势不重。 ➡ see also merciful, merciless ● at the mercy of sb /sth not able to stop sb /sth harming you because they have power or control over you 任…处置；对…无能为力；任由…摆布◆ I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank . 我不想任由银行摆布。◆ We were at the mercy of the weather . 我们受制于天气。● leave sb /sth to the mercy /mercies of sb /sth to leave sb /sth in a situation that may cause them to suffer or to be treated badly 听任某人可能受苦或受到虐待（而无能为力）● throw yourself on sb's mercy (formal ) to put yourself in a situation where you must rely on sb to be kind to you and not harm or punish you 指望某人能够善待（或宽恕）自己● be grateful /thankful for small ˈmercies to be happy that a situation that is bad is not as bad as it could have been 为情况不太坏而庆幸◆ Well , at least you weren't hurt . I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies . 好啦，至少你没受伤。我想这就该让我们知足了。 |
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