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单词 merciful
释义
merciful
adjective
approving
uk
/ˈmɜː.sɪ.fəl/us
/ˈmɝː.sɪ.fəl/

mercifuladjective(PERSON)

C2
someone who is merciful iswillingto bekindto andforgivepeoplewho are intheirpower:
宽大的；慈悲的，仁慈的
"Godis merciful," said thepriest.“上帝是仁慈的，”神父说道。
a mercifulruler仁慈的统治者
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lenient & merciful
  • charitable
  • charitably
  • charity
  • clemency
  • ease
  • ease up/off
  • easy
  • go easyidiom
  • have a heart!idiom
  • heart
  • leniency
  • lenient
  • magnanimous
  • magnanimously
  • mercy
  • quarter
  • squishy

mercifuladjective(EVENT/SITUATION)

used to say that you aregratefulfor aneventorsituationbecause itstopssomethingunpleasant:
令人解脱的；使人松一口气的
After such alongillness, herdeathcame as a mercifulrelease.经受了如此漫长的病痛折磨之后，她的死算是一种幸运的解脱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Good luck and bad luck
  • align
  • bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
  • be bad luck onsomeoneidiom
  • be down onyourluckidiom
  • be in/out of luckidiom
  • blessing
  • fortune smiles onsomeoneidiom
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • godsend
  • grace
  • hapless
  • mercifully
  • mercy
  • miracle
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • shame
  • streak
  • with any luckidiom
  • your luck's in!idiom
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mercifully
(Definition ofmercifulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

merciful| American Dictionary

merciful
adjective
us
/ˈmɜr·sɪ·fəl/
kindandforgiving:
Judges are sometimes more merciful than ajury.
(Definition ofmercifulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmerciful

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Not 'for the chamber full of diamonds ' would he gamble his enterprise against a single,mercifulwarning.
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The mere fact that there have been no accidents due to interference, whilst it is, of course, amercifulmatter, is no test at all.
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Why are we moremercifulto our four-footed friends than we are to humans?
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In nearly all other countries that principle, thatmercifuland just principle, was accepted.
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Obviously it must bemerciful, it must be really efficient, it must be reasonably cheap and, most of all, it must be portable.
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Let me give just one example by way of a question: is public policymercifulto widows and orphans?
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We all hope that men are better, wiser, moremercifulthan they were 10,000 years ago.
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I do not think women are moremercifulthan men.
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If somebody refuses to co-operate in keeping the highway clear, surely themercifulpreventive provisions of this paragraph of subsection (3) should come into operation.
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Often a jury is seen to return some extraordinarymercifulverdicts, out of fellow feeling.
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We want to be asmercifulwith one another as we are to our own animals.
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To a humane man the inclination to administer themercifuldose is often almost—not infrequently quite—irresistible.
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The intentional taking of life, whether at the patient's request or from amercifulmotive, is illegal in this country.
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However, there may also come a time when we have to remind ourselves that sanctions are amercifulalternative to war.
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If, on the other hand, that slight andmercifulsentence is not sufficient, it will be possible for the sheriff to impose a longer sentence.
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