mercy

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmɜː.si]
• 美式音标 [ˈmɝː.si]
• 国际音标 ['mə:si]
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基本解释

• n. 仁慈，宽容；怜悯；幸运；善行
• n. (Mercy)人名；(英)默西，默茜(女名)；(法)梅西

词源解说

• 12世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的merci，意为付钱，奖励。

词根记忆

• “摩西”→摩西给上帝的子民带来很多恩惠→恩惠

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  merciful：仁慈的；慈悲的；宽容的。

  merciless：残忍的；无慈悲心的。

• adv性质的同根词

  mercilessly：残忍地；毫无慈悲地。

  mercifully：仁慈地。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• He showed mercy to the defeated enemy.
  他怜悯被打败的敌人。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• allow no mercy 不能宽恕
• beg for mercy 请求宽恕，求饶
• beg the mercy of 恳求得到…的宽恕
• cry for mercy 恳求饶命
• have 〔show〕 mercy on 对…表示同情

形容词+～

• ill -judged mercy 判断错误而给予的宽恕

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (KINDNESS) kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over
• (EVENT/SITUATION) an event or situation that you are grateful for because it stops something unpleasant

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone in authority shows mercy, they choose not to harm someone they have power over, or they forgive someone they have the right to punish.
• Mercy is used to describe a special journey to help someone in great need, such as people who are sick or made homeless by war.
• If you refer to an event or a situation as a mercy, you mean that it makes you feel happy or relieved, usually because it stops something unpleasant from happening.
• If one person or thing is at the mercy of another, the first person or thing is in a situation where they cannot prevent themselves from being harmed or affected by the second.

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专业释义

文学

• 同情
• 宽容

  This article analyzes Eileen Chan's unique point of view of human nature and her special mercy for it in four respects: the cultural background, the characters in her novels, her connotation of human nature and her methods of expressions.
  本文通过人文背景、人物形象塑造、人性与道德内涵以及书写技巧四个方面来分析张爱玲独特的人性观,尤其是她对人性的宽容。

  艺术学

• 慈悲

  The two consist of the whole ethical foundation of social security. While discussing the relationship between mercy and justice in theory, the author discusses how to turn such a theoretical question into a realistic problem.
  在讨论慈悲正义理论关系的同时,笔者讨论了如何将这样的理论问题转化为现实问题的途径:如果将社会保障看作是一种公共物品的话,慈悲与正义的社会保障伦理在具体的实践中就表现为是不同社会保障物品。

  医药科学

• 慈悲
• 仁慈
• 怜悯