mercy
noun /ˈmɜːsi/
/ˈmɜːrsi/
(plural mercies)
Idioms - [uncountable] a kind or forgiving attitude towards somebody that you have the power to harm or right to punish
仁慈；宽恕 - 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。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1- God's infinite mercy
上帝无限的恩惠 - He asked for mercy for the crimes he had committed.
他请求对他所犯的罪行给予宽恕。 - The prisoners begged for mercy.
囚犯们恳求宽恕。 - The terrorists are completely without mercy.
那些恐怖分子全无仁慈之心。 - There shall be no mercy for my enemies.
对我的敌人不会有任何慈悲。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- divine
- infinite
- great
- …
- ask for
- beg for
- plead for
- …
- dash
- mission
- killing
- …
- at the mercy of
- without mercy
- mercy for
- …
- be grateful for small mercies
- be thankful for small mercies
- to ask/beg/plead for mercy
- [countable, usually singular] (informal) an event or a situation to be grateful for, usually because it stops something unpleasant
幸运；恩惠 - It is a mercy (that)… It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
幸运的是她伤势不重。 - His death was a mercy (= because he was in great pain).
他的死是一大幸事。
see also merciful, merciless - It is a mercy (that)… It's a mercy she wasn't seriously hurt.
词源Middle English: from Old French merci ‘pity’ or ‘thanks’, from Latin merces, merced- ‘reward’, in Christian Latin ‘pity, favour, heavenly reward’.
Idioms
at the mercy of somebody/something
- not able to stop somebody/something 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。
- I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank.
be grateful/thankful for small mercies
- 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。
- Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies.
leave somebody/something to the mercy/mercies of somebody/something
- to leave somebody/something 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） - privatized companies left to the mercy of market forces
受市场力量支配的私有化公司 - (humorous) I’ll leave you to the tender mercies of these ladies!
我将把你留给这些女士们温柔的怜悯！
- privatized companies left to the mercy of market forces
throw yourself on somebody’s mercy
- (formal) to put yourself in a situation where you must rely on somebody to be kind to you and not harm or punish you
指望某人能够善待（或宽恕）自己