consolation
consolation 英 [,kɒnsə'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌkɑnsəˈleʃən]
n. 安慰；慰问
名词复数:consolations
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- n. 安慰；慰问
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1. a few words of consolation
几句安慰的话
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2. If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
不知道这算不算得上安慰，但她也没有得到那份工作。
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3. 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。
- consolation (n.) late 14c., "that which consoles;" c. 1400, "act of consoling, alleviation of misery or distress of mind, mitigation of grief or anxiety," from Old French consolacion "solace, comfort; delight, pleasure" (11c., Modern French consolation), from Latin consolationem (nominative consolatio) "a consoling, comfort," noun of action from past-participle stem of consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Consolation prize is recorded by 1853.
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