comfort
noun /ˈkʌmfət/
/ˈkʌmfərt/
Word Family
Idioms - comfort noun verb
- comfortable adjective (≠ uncomfortable)
- comfortably adverb (≠ uncomfortably)
- comforting adjective
舒服;安逸;舒适 - The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.
这家旅馆提供高标准的舒适享受和优质服务。 - I didn't want to leave the comfort of my bed.
我不想离开舒适的床。 - in comfort 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。 - in the comfort of something Watch the latest movies in the comfort of your own home.
在自己家里舒适地看最新的电影。 - from the comfort of something From the comfort of your own armchair, you can witness all the action live.
在自己舒适的扶手椅上,你可以现场见证所有的动作。 - for comfort I dress for comfort rather than elegance.
我穿衣服是为了舒服,而不是为了有派。 - These tennis shoes are designed for comfort and performance.
这些网球鞋的设计以舒适为本,打起球来发挥更出色。 - He's beginning to find a comfort level with his teammates now.
他现在开始觉得和队友在一起很舒服。
- He enjoys dangerous sports from the comfort of his couch.
他喜欢舒舒服服地坐在长沙发上,尽情观看各种危险运动。 - I like to travel in reasonable comfort.
我喜欢比较舒服的旅行。 - Learn a new language in the comfort of your own home.
轻松自在地学一门新的语言。 - They live in modest comfort.
他们的生活还算舒适。 - a quilted cover for added comfort
用于增加舒适度的絮棉被子
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- great
- maximum
- …
- level
- zone
- for comfort
- in comfort
- comfort of
- …
- a degree of comfort
- a standard of comfort
- in the comfort of your own home
- …
- The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.
synonym consolation安慰;慰藉;宽慰 - I tried to offer a few words of comfort.
我试图说上几句安慰的话。 - 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。 - to take comfort from from somebody’s words
从某人的话语中得到安慰 - His family can draw some comfort from the fact that the two men accused of his murder have pleaded guilty.
他的家人可以从被指控谋杀他的两个人已经认罪这一事实中得到一些安慰。 - We know that they will find comfort in the knowledge that he died doing the job he loved
我们知道,当他们知道他死于自己热爱的工作时,他们会感到安慰 - The announcement of a few new jobs will provide scant comfort to their many recently redundant employees.
一些新工作的宣布将不会给他们许多最近被解雇的员工带来多少安慰。 - comfort to somebody If it's any comfort to you, I'm in the same situation.
就当是一句安慰的话,我的情况也跟你一样。
- I drew comfort from his words.
他的话让我感到安慰。 - His kind words brought some comfort to the grieving parents.
他一番体贴的话语给悲伤的父母带来了一些安慰。 - I need all the comfort I can get right now.
我现在非常需要得到别人的安慰。 - She found comfort in music.
她在音乐中找到了慰藉。 - They sought comfort in each other.
他们相互寻求慰藉。 - We took great comfort from the fact that our savings were safe.
让我们感到安慰的是我们的存款是安全的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- little
- small
- …
- crumb
- word
- bring somebody
- give somebody
- offer somebody
- …
- food
- comfort in
- a source of comfort
- I tried to offer a few words of comfort.
令人感到安慰的人(或事物) - Her being her with me was such a comfort.
她和我在一起是一种安慰。 - comfort to somebody The children have been a great comfort to me through all of this.
在我经历这一切的日子里,孩子们一直是我的莫大安慰。 - it is a comfort to do something It's a comfort to know that she is safe.
知道她安然无恙是令人宽慰的事。 - it is a comfort to somebody to do something It was a comfort to her to know that I was never far away.
知道我从未远离,对她来说是一种安慰。 - it is a comfort that… In some ways it's a comfort that they died together.
从某些方面来说,他们死在一起是一种安慰。 - it is a comfort to somebody that… It will be a comfort to her family that justice has been done.
正义得到了伸张,这对她的家庭将是一种安慰。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- comfort to
- Her being her with me was such a comfort.
舒适的设施(或条件) - The hotel has all modern comforts/every modern comfort.
这家旅馆拥有各种现代化的舒适设施。 - material comforts (= money and possessions)
物质上的舒适条件(钱财) - She desperately missed her home comforts while camping.
野营的时候她极其想念家里的舒适。 - He is someone who would take the comforts of home over the bright lights of Hollywood.
他是一个能在好莱坞的明亮灯光下享受家的舒适的人。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- creature
- home
- …
- The hotel has all modern comforts/every modern comfort.
词源Middle English (as a noun, in the senses ‘strengthening, support, consolation’; as a verb, in the senses ‘strengthen, give support, console’): from Old French confort (noun), conforter (verb), from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’. The sense ‘something producing physical ease’ arose in the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
too close for comfort
- so near that it is uncomfortable or dangerous
舒适的设施(或条件) - When she leaves the stage, the fans can get a little too close for comfort.
当她离开舞台时,粉丝们可能会离得太近而不舒服。 - (figurative) They got the win but it was a tight match, definitely too close for comfort.
他们赢了,但这是一场势均力敌的比赛,绝对是势均力敌。
- When she leaves the stage, the fans can get a little too close for comfort.