consolation
noun /ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnsəˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- a thing or person that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed
使感到安慰的人（或物）；安慰；慰藉 - a few words of consolation
几句安慰的话 - If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
不知道这算不算得上安慰，她也没有得到那份工作。 - The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
他妻子去世后，几个孩子就是他极大的安慰。 - At least you weren’t hurt—that’s one consolation.
至少你没有受到伤害--这是不幸中的幸事。
- He drew little consolation from this fact.
这个事实没有给他带来什么安慰。 - He went to seek consolation in the local pub.
他去了当地的那家酒吧寻求慰藉。 - If it's any consolation to you, the weather here is also awful.
这里的天气也很糟，不知这是不是对你来说算点儿安慰。 - She had the consolation of coming second in her last race of the day.
使她感到慰藉的是，她在那天参加的最后一项赛跑比赛中获得了第二名。 - She tends to seek consolation in food.
她常在食物中寻求安慰。 - The children were a great consolation to me at that time.
那时孩子们成了我莫大的安慰。 - The next game will probably offer them the consolation of winning.
下一场比赛很可能会给他们带来获胜的安慰。 - There is some consolation for fans because the team still stands a chance of winning the local championship.
使球迷感到有些安慰的是这个队仍然有机会赢得当地比赛冠军。 - This news was of little consolation to us.
这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰作用。 - When her mother died, she found consolation in her religious beliefs.
她母亲去世后，她在宗教信仰中找到了安慰。 - When she lost her job, her only consolation was that she had some savings in the bank.
她失去工作后，唯一的安慰就是银行里还有些积蓄。 - It's a great consolation that…
很大的安慰是… - to take consolation
安慰
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- small
- have
- seek
- draw
- …
- consolation for
- consolation to
- be (of) little consolation to somebody
- be (of) small consolation to somebody
- be (of) some consolation to somebody
- …
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consolatio(n-), from the verb consolari, from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’. - a few words of consolation